WATER PRODUCTION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT -- WATER PRODUCTION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: TREATMENT AND REUSE OF WASTEWATER FROM A PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BASIC CONCEPTS -- DESCRIPTION OF TREATMENT UNITS -- EFFLUENT QUALITY -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: ACTIVATED SLUDGE CHARACTERIZATION: EXTRACTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: DGGE AND 16S RDNASEQUENCING ANALYSIS OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN A MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR FOR THE REMOVAL OF PHENOL FROM OIL REFINERY WASTEWATER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: BIOSORPTION OF CD (II) AND NI (II) FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS BY CYSTOSEIRA INDICA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DISCUSSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: MULTICOMPONENT REMOVAL OF HEAVY METALS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING LOW-COST SORBENTS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DESCRIPTION OF LOW COST SORBENTS USED IN THE REMOVAL OF HEAVY METALS FROM MULTICOMPONENT MIXTURES -- 3. COMPARISON OF MULTICOMPONENT SORPTION CAPACITIES OF LOW-COST SORBENTS UNDER COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS AND THE SORBENT REGENERATION -- 4. MODELING OF MULTICOMPONENT SORPTION OF HEAVY METALS -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: THE ADSORPTION OF DYES ON WASTE TYRE DERIVED ACTIVATED CARBON -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: ADSORPTION OF BASIC DYES BY ACTIVATED CARBON FROM WASTE BAMBOO -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

REFERENCES -- Chapter 8: INVESTIGATIONS ON ARSENIC ADSORPTION ONTO DOLOMITIC SORBENTS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9: OZONATION AND ADSORPTION OF MTBE IN THE PRESENCE OF PERFLUOROOCTYL ALUMINA AS A CATALYST OR ADSORBENT -- ABSTRACT -- SYMBOLS USED -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10: PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF PHENOLIC CONTAMINANTS USING TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES: STATISTICAL MODELING AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION USING P-CRESOL -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR PHENOLIC CONTAMINANTS -- 3. HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS: A TREATMENT OPTION -- 4.MECHANISM OF HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS WITH TIO2 -- 5. FACTORS AFFECTING TIO2 PHOTOCATALYSIS -- 6. FACTORS AFFECTING TIO2 PHOTOCATALYSIS: BRIDIGING THE RESEARCH GAP -- 7. STATISTICAL DESIGN AND PHOTOCATALYTIC RATE MODELING -- 8. STATISTICAL MODELING OF PHENOL PHOTOCATALYSIS: A LITERATURE REVIEW -- 9. STATISTICAL MODELING OF P-CRESOL PHOTOCATALYSIS: A CASE STUDY -- 10. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11: KINETIC AND REACTOR MODELING FOR THE DEGRADATION OF PHENOL IN WATER BY UV/H2O2 -- ABSTRACT -- NOMENCLATURE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GEOMETRY OF PHOTOREACTORS -- 3. MOMENTUM BALANCE -- 4. MASS BALANCE -- 5. REACTION MECHANISMS -- 6. PHOTON (IRRADIATION) BALANCE -- 7. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 8. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12: STATISTICAL OPTIMIZATION OF REACTIVE BLUE 221 DECOLORIZATION BY FUNGAL PEROXIDISE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13: ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN GROUNDWATER IN LATIN AMERICA: THE CHALLENGE OF PROVIDING SAFE DRINKING WATER IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD -- ABSTRACT.

INTRODUCTION -- ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN GROUNDWATER IN LATIN AMERICA -- ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR ARSENIC DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION -- ARSENIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH: EVOLUTION OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GUIDELINES AND NATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR DRINKING WATER -- TECHNOLOGIES FOR ARSENIC REMOVAL -- LOW COST TECHNOLOGIES FOR ARSENIC TREATMENT -- NANOTECHNOLOGY AND WATER TREATMENT -- FERROXANE DERIVED CERAMICS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14: EFFICACY OF TIO2 DOPED WITH COPPER FOR WATER DISINFECTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15: ASSESSING REVERSE OSMOSIS AND IONEXCHANGE FOR CONDENSATES RECYCLING IN FERMENTATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ANALYTICAL MEANS -- CONDENSATE TREATMENT BY REVERSE OSMOSIS -- ION EXCHANGE TREATMENT -- IMPACT OF REVERSE OSMOSIS AND ION-EXCHANGE TREATMENTS ON THE GROWTH KINETICS AND THE PHYSIOLOGY OF YEAST -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16: APPLICATION OF THEORETICAL SCALING POTENTIAL INDEX TO PREDICT ONSET OF COMPOSITE CALCIUM CARBONATE AND CALCIUM SULFATE FOULING AND CRYSTAL TYPES AND PHASES IN SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS TREATMENT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.