BookRam Naresh Bharagava, editor.
Summary: As we know, rapid industrialization is a serious concern in the context of a healthy environment and public health due to the generation of huge volumes of toxic wastewater. Although various physico-chemical and biological approaches are available for the treatment of this wastewater, many of them are not effective. Now, there a number of emerging ecofriendly, cost-effective approaches utilizing microorganisms (bacterial/fungi/algae), green plants or their enzymes, and constructed wetland treatment systems in the treatment of wastewaters containing pollutants such as endocrine disrupting chemicals, toxic metals, pesticides, dyes, petroleum hydrocarbons and phenolic compounds. This book provides a much-needed, comprehensive overview of the various types of wastewater and their ecotoxicological effects on the environment, humans, animals and plants as well as various emerging and eco-friendly approaches for their treatment. It provides insights into the ecological problems and challenges in the treatment and management of wastewaters generated by various sources.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Green technologies for the treatment of pharmaceutical contaminants in wastewaters
Chapter 2. Constructed Wetlands: an emerging green technology for treatment of industrial wastewaters
Chapter 3. Application of nanoparticles in environmental cleanup: production, potential risks and solutions
Chapter 4. Efficiency of algae for heavy metal removal, bioenergy production and carbon sequestration
Chapter 5. Advances in plant-microbe based remediation approaches for environmental cleanup
Chapter 6. Bioprocessing of cane molasses to produce ethanol and its derived products from South Indian Distillery
Chapter 7. Biological and non-biological approaches for treatment of Cr(VI) in tannery effluent
Chapter 8. Photocatalysis as a clean technology for the degradation of petrochemical pollutants
Chapter 9. Sustainable management of toxic industrial effluent of coal based power plants
Chapter 10. Removal of organic pollutants from contaminated water bodies by using aquatic macrophytes coupling with bioenergy production and carbon sequestration
Chapter 11. Biopolymers and their application in wastewater treatment
Chapter 12. Recovery of rare earths, precious metals and bioreduction of toxic metals from wastewater using algae
Chapter 13. Green synthesized nanoparticle mediated wastewater treatment
Chapter 14. Microbial communities in a constructed wetland microcosms and their role in treatment of domestic wastewater
Chapter 15. Agricultural Waste: Its Impact on Environment and Management Approaches.-.