Seawater desalination is a coastal-based industry. This book contains a comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of the potential environmental impacts of desalination plants, with emphasis on the marine environment and aspects of energy use, followed by the development of strategies for impact mitigating.
The world is facing an urgent problem. By 2015, 40 per cent of the world's population will be living in regions without adequate fresh water supply. This book summarises the water shortage crisis in the world and its possible solution by using solar energy through solar stills.
Discusses the the challenges - and to a lesser extent, the benefits - of biofilms on industrial processing surfaces. This title addresses the operating problems caused by establishment and growth of microorganisms, thereby enabling effective equipment design and operation that minimizes biofouling.
There is public concern world-wide about the impact of agriculture runoff on the environment and the migration of agrochemicals from their target to nearby terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. This book addresses issues in agriculture as well as the effects of wind and water.
New and improved desalination technologies have significantly broadened opportunities to access major quantities of safe water in many parts of the world. This text presents specifications for assessing water quality, technical issues associated with desalination technologies, and the chemical aspects of desalinated water and its microbiology.
The presence of heavy metals such as Cr(VI) in the aquatic environment and their harmful effects on living organisms has emerged as one of the most serious environmental concerns world-wide. This book reports the technical feasibility of coconut shell waste, as well as zeolite, for the treatment of Cr(VI)-contaminated wastewater.
Reviews research in the field of desalination including the growth of scientific and commercial interest to cogenerative and hybrid technologies for desalination and power generation; Membrane Distillaion (MD) process as a new membrane technology used for desalination and recycling; and, more.
Desalination refers to various several processes that remove excess salt and other minerals from water. This book includes within its scope distillation, membranes, reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, ion exchange, freezing, water purification, and water reuse and wastewater treatment.
Focuses on sediment management for the purpose of environmental cleanup or management. This book discusses the contamination of sediments resulting from discharge of pollutants, excessive nutrients, and other hazardous substances from anthropogenic activities. It examines impacts observed as a result of these discharges.