Wastewater Management Through Aquaculture [electronic resource] /
Jana, B. B.editor.
Mandal, R. N.editor.
Jayasankar, P.editor.
This volume provides state-of-the-art information on soil-water interactions in wastewater systems, characterization of wastewater, modes of treatment, safety of wastewater use, water conservation technologies involved in recycling of sewage in fish culture, biogeochemical cycling bacteria and nutrient dynamics, ecosystem resilient driven wastewater reclamation, bioremediation, aquaponics, ecological integrity, culture practices of fish farming, microbial food web phenomena, fish diseases, environmental economics of wastewater, environmental risk assessment, environmental law and regulations. Given its breadth of coverage, the book will be useful to researchers, teachers, students, administrators, planners, farmers and entrepreneurs interested in the profitable use of wastewater in the wastes-into-wealth framework of for the benefit of humanity, and in achieving the targets for sanitation and safe wastewater reuse by 2030, specified in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Concerns are growing about the quality and quantity of fresh water, as severe crises are expected in the near future. Climate change has further worsened the strain on inland water resources, with its major impacts on ecosystems and human life. It is most urgent to protect and conserve inland water resources to maintain vital ecosystem functions. Despite the immense nutrient potentials of wastewater in terms of phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium and increasingly high rates of urbanization-based wastewater generation, wastewater has traditionally been overlooked as a resource. This produces a threefold loss – environmental degradation, monetary losses from fertilizers, and water. As a result, municipal wastewater offers a win-win strategy for water conservation and environmental protection, while also turning waste into wealth in the form of fish biomass and allied cash crops.   Wastewater-fed aquaculture refers to a unique, integrated biosystem in which the wastes generated by the first system are used by the next subsystem. In wastewater-fed aquaculture biosystems, the organic wastes are recycled into fish biomass mediated through a complex microbial/autotrophic/heterotrophic food web mechanism.  .
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Part 1. Understanding the fundamentals of soil-water interactions and biogeochemical nutrient dynamics -- Chapter 1. Understanding the soil-water interactions for sustainable ecosystem services in aquatic environments -- Chapter 2. Biogeochecimal cycling bacteria and nutrient dynamics in waste stabilization pond system - Part 2. Culture practices of wastewater fed aquaculture -- Chapter 3. Global prospects for safe wastewater reuse through aquaculture -- Chapter 4. Waste system, its utility and analyses in aquaculture -- Chapter 5 Recycling of sewage in aquaculture: Decadal technical advancement -- Chapter 6. Wastewater fed aquaculture in East Kolkata wetlands: State-of- the- art and measures to protect biodiversity -- Chapter 7. Fish diseases in wastewater aquaculture and remedial measures -- Part 3. Strategies towards wastewater reclamation using green and sustainable technologies -- Chapter 8. Ecosystem resilient driven remediation for safe and sustainable reuse of municipal wastewater -- Chapter 9. Bioremediation of perturbed water bodies fed with wastewater for enhancing finfish and shellfish production -- Chapter 11. Recent technologies for wastewater treatment: a brief review -- Chapter 12. Adsorption technique for removal of heavy metals from water and possible application in wastewater fed aquaculture -- Part 4. Economic perspectives of wastewater, environmental impact assessment and environmental law and regulations -- Chapter 13.  Multiple reuse of wastewater : Economic perspectives -- Chapter 14. Socio economic impacts and cost-benefit analysis of wastewater-fed aquaculture -- Chapter 15. Environmental impact assessment: a case study on east Kolkata wetlands -- Chapter 16. Law and regulation of wastes and wastewater: Indian perspectives.
This volume provides state-of-the-art information on soil-water interactions in wastewater systems, characterization of wastewater, modes of treatment, safety of wastewater use, water conservation technologies involved in recycling of sewage in fish culture, biogeochemical cycling bacteria and nutrient dynamics, ecosystem resilient driven wastewater reclamation, bioremediation, aquaponics, ecological integrity, culture practices of fish farming, microbial food web phenomena, fish diseases, environmental economics of wastewater, environmental risk assessment, environmental law and regulations. Given its breadth of coverage, the book will be useful to researchers, teachers, students, administrators, planners, farmers and entrepreneurs interested in the profitable use of wastewater in the wastes-into-wealth framework of for the benefit of humanity, and in achieving the targets for sanitation and safe wastewater reuse by 2030, specified in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Concerns are growing about the quality and quantity of fresh water, as severe crises are expected in the near future. Climate change has further worsened the strain on inland water resources, with its major impacts on ecosystems and human life. It is most urgent to protect and conserve inland water resources to maintain vital ecosystem functions. Despite the immense nutrient potentials of wastewater in terms of phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium and increasingly high rates of urbanization-based wastewater generation, wastewater has traditionally been overlooked as a resource. This produces a threefold loss – environmental degradation, monetary losses from fertilizers, and water. As a result, municipal wastewater offers a win-win strategy for water conservation and environmental protection, while also turning waste into wealth in the form of fish biomass and allied cash crops.   Wastewater-fed aquaculture refers to a unique, integrated biosystem in which the wastes generated by the first system are used by the next subsystem. In wastewater-fed aquaculture biosystems, the organic wastes are recycled into fish biomass mediated through a complex microbial/autotrophic/heterotrophic food web mechanism.  .
Water pollution.
Aquatic ecology .
Sustainable development.
Environmental management.
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.
Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.
Freshwater & Marine Ecology.
Sustainable Development.
Environmental Management.
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.