Treatment of Micropollutants in Water and Wastewater

Name: Treatment of Micropollutants in Water and Wastewater
Brand: IWA Publishing

IWA Publishing

Treatment of Micropollutants in Water and WastewaterAuthor(s): Jurate Virkutyte, Rajender S. Varma, Veeriah Jegatheesan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: IWA Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: IWA Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781843393160, 978-1843393160\nSynopsis\nOver the last few years there has been a growing concern over the increasing concentration of micropollutants originatingfrom a great variety of sources including pharmaceutical, chemical engineering and personal care productindustries in rivers, lakes, soil and groundwater. As most of the micropollutants are polar and persistent compounds, they are only partially or not at all removed from wastewater and thus can enter the environment posing a great risk to the biota. It is hypothesized that wastewater is one of the most important point sources for micropollutants.\nTreatment of Micropollutants in Water and Wastewater gives a comprehensive overview of modern analytical methods and will summarize novel single and hybrid methods to .