Overview
- Provides essential details of water pollution and methods of management
- Presents scientific and sustainable ideas for addressing water-pollution
- Complied and contributed by experts on industrial waste water-management
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Water pollution is a matter of concern for both developing and developed parts of the world. This book presents an overview on water pollution and its sustainable management. The book discusses the fundamental aspects of water pollution as well as advanced sustainable technologies for abating water pollution. It is a comprehensive collection of information related with water pollutants which are extremely harmful to man, other living organisms and to the ecosystems. It is all-inclusive coverage of technical, socio-political, scientific as well as social issues revolving around water pollution and management.
The book brings out innovative ideas promoting sustainable technologies and extensively covers the diversity of modern technologies related to prevention of water pollution. Book also covers social aspects of water related issues. It is an essential reading for upper level graduates and undergraduates pursuing environmental studies and researchers in the field of waste water management
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Madhoolika Agrawal is a Professor since 1999 at Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. She has worked on environmental pollution and global climatic change effects and their management. Dr. Agrawal is a recipient of US Fulbright Fellowship and worked at USDA, Beltsville, Maryland, USA and INSA- Royal Society exchange fellowship at Lancaster University, U.K. She is Fellow of Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India. She has worked on various projects funded by Government of India and international agencies. She has published more than 250 research papers, co-edited a book (Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, USA) and co-authored a book (Springer).
Dr Sashi Bhusan Agrawal is a Professor of Ecology at Centre of Advanced Study In Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University. He has done his M.Sc. from Agra University and Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University. Professor Agrawal has worked in the area of stress biology and conducted long term field experiments to ascertain the effects of abiotic stress factors on plants. He has worked as a Visiting Scientist at USDA, Beltsville, Maryland, USA. He edited two books published by SPB Academic Publishing and CRC/Lewis. He has published more than 160 research papers and is serving in the editorial board of several international journals. He has successfully completed several research projects funded by ICAR, MOEn, DST, UGC, UP-CST and CSIR.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water Pollution and Management Practices
Editors: Anita Singh, Madhoolika Agrawal, Shashi Bhushan Agrawal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8358-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8357-5Published: 13 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8360-5Published: 14 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-8358-2Published: 12 April 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 331
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Industrial Pollution Prevention, Environmental Management