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Types of Water Pollutants: Conventional and Emerging

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Sensors in Water Pollutants Monitoring: Role of Material

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Among all natural resources water is the most valuable resource existing on this planet. In present scenario, around the globe more than 0.78 billion people do not have access to safe and potable water which ultimately deteriorating their health. It is the right of every individual to have contamination free water but due to rampant urbanization, industrialization and uncontrolled population growth the pressure has been increased on existing available water resources (surface/ground water both) which leads to shrinkage of quantity and degradation of its quality. Various types of pollutants (organic and inorganic) released from different sources into the environment are increasing day by day. Conventional water pollutants include F−, NO3−, and trace heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni, Zn, As, Hg, etc.), while emerging water pollutants include steroids and hormones, endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), pharmaceuticals & personal care products, artificial sweetener, surfactants, etc. The existence of these cocktail of pollutants in the water resources is more dangerous, which could lead to undesirable synergistic consequences.

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    Arif Ahamad, Sughosh Madhav & Amit K. Singh

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Ahamad, A., Madhav, S., Singh, A.K., Kumar, A., Singh, P. (2020). Types of Water Pollutants: Conventional and Emerging. In: Pooja, D., Kumar, P., Singh, P., Patil, S. (eds) Sensors in Water Pollutants Monitoring: Role of Material. Advanced Functional Materials and Sensors. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0671-0_3

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