This book provides a comprehensive understanding of technologies that are currently adopted in the treatment of pollutants present in saline water systems. It presents information on the treatment technologies for saline water systems, which includes seawater, brackish water, oil produced water, and other industrial saline wastewaters.

Section I SeawaterChapter 1 IntroductionShaik Feroz and Detlef W. BahnemannChapter 2 Characteristics of Saline Water and Health ImpactL.J. Stojanović Bjelić, D. Nešković Markić, P. Ilić, Z.U.R. Farooqi, and H. MunawarChapter 3 Methods for Assessing Fouling and Scaling of Saline Water in Membrane-Based DesalinationSergio G. Salinas-Rodriguez, M. Nasir Mangal, Loreen O. Villacorte, and Almotasembellah AbushabanChapter 4 Green Technologies for Saline Water TreatmentZ. U. R. Farooqi, A. Zafar, S. Ameen, P. Ilić, L. J. Stojanović Bjelić, and D. Nešković MarkićChapter 5 Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Treatment of Pollutants from Saline WaterMohammed Nayeemuddin, Palaniandy Puganeshwary, and Shaik FerozChapter 6 Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Treatment of Saline WaterVarghese Manappallil Joy, Shaik Feroz, Susmita Dutta, Ahmed Yousuf Khalfan Al-Busaidi, and Lakkimsetty Nageswara RaoChapter 7 Emerging Membrane Technologies for Saline Water Treatment: Challenges and Future PerspectivesAfzal Husain Khan, Mohammad Saood Manzar, and Nadeem Ahmad KhanChapter 8 Emerging Membrane Technologies for Saline Water Purification Process: An Overview of the Efficiency Based on Structure–Property RelationshipPoosalaya Sangadi, Chandrasekar Kuppan, and Murthy ChavaliChapter 9 Micro- and Nanoplastics (MNPs) Pollutant Removal from Saline WaterParul SahuSection II Brackish WaterChapter 10 A Qualitative Examination of Applications and Treatment Technologies of Brackish WaterMadiraju, Saisanthosh Vamshi Harsha, Pamula, and Abhiram Siva PrasadChapter 11 Treatment of Pollutants from Brackish Water: Technologies and ChallengesFaizan Ahmed and Shaik FerozSection III Industrial Saline WastewaterChapter 12 Application of Polymers in the Treatment of Industrial Saline WastewaterSyed Murtuza Ali and Shaik FerozChapter 13 Membrane Process Technologies for Industrial Saline Wastewater Treatment and Its ApplicationsB. Sudeep, K. Senthil Kumar, V.P. Kamalakannan, M. Venkata Ratnam, and B. BharathirajaContents viiChapter 14 Industrial Saline Wastewater Treatment Technologies Using Microalgae BiomassManoj Kumar Enamala, A. Sai Kumar, P. Divya Sruthi, Murthy Chavali, Meenakshi Singh, and Chandrasekhar KuppamChapter 15 Advanced Treatment Technologies of Industrial Saline Wastewater Using Microalgal Culture: Challenges and Future ProspectiveK. Senthil Kumar, M. Naveen Kumar, and K. JeevithChapter 16 Treatment of Industrial Saline Wastewater Using PhytoremediationM. Naveen Kumar, K. Senthil Kumar, M. Venkata Ratnam, S. Samraj, M. Neeraja, and M. ChithraChapter 17 Bio-coagulation-Flocculation of Land-Based Saline Aquaculture Effluent Using Parkia biglobosa Seeds: Turbidity, Salinity, and Colour ReductionChinenye Adaobi Igwegbe, Joshua O. Ighalo, Okechukwu Dominic Onukwuli, and Shahin AhmadiChapter 18 Low-Cost Adsorbents for the Treatment of Saline Oil Produced WaterLakkimsetty Nageswara Rao, Varghese Manappallil Joy, and Shaik FerozChapter 19 Sulphate Radical-Based Advanced Oxidation Process for Treatment of Organic Contaminants from Industrial Saline WastewaterM. Venkata Ratnam, K. Nagamalleswara Rao, K. Senthil Kumar, and Shaik FerozChapter 20 The Fenton-Based Approaches Focusing Industrial Saline Wastewater TreatmentShadab Usmani, Mo Washeem, Bilal Rajput, Mohd Salim Mahtab, Saif Ullah Khan, and Izharul Haq Farooqi