Pollutants and Water Management Resources, Strategies and Scarcity

Pollutants and Water Management: Resources, Strategies and Scarcity delivers a balanced and comprehensive look at recent trends in the management of polluted water resources. Covering the latest ­practical and theoretical aspects of polluted water management, the distinguished academics and authors emphasize indigenous practices of water resource management, the scarcity of clean water, and the future of the water system in the context of an increasing urbanization and globalization.

The book details the management of contaminated water sites, including heavy metal contaminations in surface and subsurface water sources. It details a variety of industrial activities that typically pollute water, such as those involving crude oils and dyes. In its discussion of recent trends in abatement strategies, Pollutants and Water Management includes an exploration of the application of microorganisms, like bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi, and cyanobacteria, for the management of environmental contaminants.

Readers will also discover a wide variety of other topics on the conservation of water sources including:

• The role of government and the public in the management of water resource pollution
• The causes of river system pollution and potential future scenarios in the abatement of river pollution
• Microbial degradation of organic pollutants in various water bodies
• The advancement in membrane technology used in water treatment processes
• Lead contamination in groundwater and recent trends in abatement strategies for it
• Highly polluting industries and their effects on surrounding water resources

Perfect for graduate and postgraduate students and researchers whose focus is on recent trends in abatement strategies for pollutants and the application of microorganisms for the management of environmental contaminants, Pollutants and Water Management: Resources, Strategies and Scarcity also has a place in the libraries of environmentalists whose work involves the management and conservation of polluted sites.

Pardeep Singh, PhD is Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College at the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India.

Rishikesh Singh, PhD received his doctorate from Banaras Hindu University. His research focus is on the management and conservation of polluted sites.

Vipin Kumar Singh, PhD is CSIR Research Associate in the Department of Botany, Centre of Advanced Study at the Banaras Hindu University. He received his PhD in Botany from the Banaras Hindu University.

Rahul Bhadouria, PhD is a Post-Doctoral fellow at Department of Botany, University of Delhi. He received his doctorate in Environmental Science from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

List of Contributors vii

Part I Water Pollution and Its Security 1

1 Water Security and Human Health in Relation to Climate Change: An Indian Perspective 3
Ravishankar Kumar, Prafulla Kumar Sahoo, and Sunil Mittal

2 Assessment of Anthropogenic Pressure and Population Attitude for the Conservation of Kanwar Wetland, Begusarai, India: A Case Study 22
Ajeet Kumar Singh, M. Sathya, Satyam Verma, Agam Kumar, and S. Jayakumar

3 Grossly Polluting Industries and Their Effect on Water Resources in India 47
Zeenat Arif, Naresh Kumar Sethy, Swati, Pradeep Kumar Mishra, and Bhawna Verma

Part II Phytoremediation of Water Pollution 67

4 Phytoremediation: Status and Outlook 69
Kajal Patel, Indu Tripathi, Meenakshi Chaurasia, and K.S. Rao

5 Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals from the Biosphere Perspective and Solutions 95
Indica Mohan, Kajol Goria, Sunil Dhar, Richa Kothari, B.S. Bhau, and Deepak Pathania

6 Phytoremediation for Heavy Metal Removal: Technological Advancements 128
Monika Yadav, Gurudatta Singh, and R.N. Jadeja

Part III Microbial Remediation of Water Pollution 151

7 Advances in Biological Techniques for Remediation of Heavy Metals Leached from a Fly Ash Contaminated Ecosphere 153
Krishna Rawat and Amit Kumar Yadav

8 Microbial Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Water Bodies: Technological Advancements 172
Deepak Yadav, Sukhendra Singh, and Rupika Sinha

9 The Fate of Organic Pollutants and Their Microbial Degradation in Water Bodies 210
Gurudatta Singh, Anubhuti Singh, Priyanka Singh, Reetika Shukla, Shashank Tripathi, and Virendra Kumar Mishra

Part IV Removal of Water Pollutants by Nanotechnology 241

10 Detection and Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater Using Nanomaterials 243
Swati Chaudhary, Mohan Kumar, Saami Ahmed, and Mahima Kaushik

11 Spinel Ferrite Magnetic Nanoparticles: An Alternative for Wastewater Treatment 273
Sanjeet Kumar Paswan, Pawan Kumar, Ram Kishore Singh, Sushil Kumar Shukla, and Lawrence Kumar

12 Biocompatible Cellulose-Based Sorbents for Potential Application in Heavy Metal Ion Removal from Wastewater 306
Shashikant Shivaji Vhatkar, Kavita Kumari, and Ramesh Oraon

Part V Advances in Remediation of Water Pollution 327

13 Advances in Membrane Technology Used in the Wastewater Treatment Process 329
Naresh K. Sethy, Zeenat Arif, K.S. Sista, P.K. Mishra, Pradeep Kumar, and Avinash K. Kushwaha

14 Occurrence, Fate, and Remediation of Arsenic 349
Gurudatta Singh, Anubhuti Singh, Reetika Shukla, Jayant Karwadiya, Ankita Gupta, Anam Naheed, and Virendra Kumar Mishra

15 Physical and Chemical Methods for Heavy Metal Removal 377
Monika Yadav, Gurudatta Singh, and R.N. Jadeja

Part VI Policy Dimensions on Water Security 399

16 The Role of Government and the Public in Water Resource Management in India 401
Jitesh Narottam Vyas and Supriya Nath

Index 416

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