The abundance of organic pollutants found in wastewater affect urban
surface waters. Traditional wastewater management technologies focus
on the removal of suspended solids, nutrients and bacteria, however,
new pollutants such as synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals are
often not monitored in the environment despite having the potential to
enter the environment and cause adverse ecological and human health
effects. Collectively referred to as "emerging contaminants," they are
mostly derived from domestic activities and occur in trace
concentrations ranging from pico to micrograms per liter.
Environmental contaminants are resistant to conventional wastewater
treatment processes and most of them remain unaffected, causing
contamination of receiving water. This in turn leads to the need for
advanced wastewater treatment processes capable of removing
environmental contaminants to ensure safe fresh water sources. This
book provides an up-to-date overview of the current bioremediation
strategies, including their limitations, challenges and their
potential application to remove environmental pollutants. It also
introduces the latest trends and advances in environmental
bioremediation, and presents the state-of-the-art in biological and
chemical wastewater treatment processes. As such, it will appeal to
researchers and policy-makers, as well as undergraduate and graduate
environmental sciences students.
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ISBN
9789811559013
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Springer Nature
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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