Water pollution
Subtitle: drinking water and drinking water treatment
By: edited by Jiri Hrubec
Series: The handbook of environmental chemistry, water pollution -- 5 / 5B; Handbook of environmental chemistry -- v. 5, pt. B.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9783540484684; 9783662145043
Subjects: Environment; Law and legislation; Environmental chemistry; Terrestrial Pollution; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Microbiology; Purification; Water and Health; Drinking water; Aquatic Pollution; Environmental Management; Waste Water Technology
Description: The concern over the entry of agrochemicals and other xenobiotics into drinking water resources and over the general quality of drinking water is increasing. The topic of water quality and water supply will continue to be of great interest during the next two decades in developed as well as in developing countries. The new volume discusses in an authoritative way the key issues of drinking water and its often necessary treatment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A.M. van Dijk-Looijaard: Statutory and Regulatory Basis for Control of Drinking Water Quality; title: B.E. Rittmann: Transformation of Organic Micropollutants by Biological Processes; title: B.E. Rittmann: Fundamentals and Applications of Biofilm Processes in Drinking Water Treatment; title: D. van der Kooij: Significance and Assessment of the Biological Stability of Drinking Water; title: B. Haist-Gulde, G. Baldauf, H.-J. Brauch: Removal of Organic Micropollutants by Activated Carbon; title: B. Haist-Gulde, G. Baldauf, H.-J. Brauch: Models and Predictability of the Micropollutant Removal by Adsorption on Activated Carbon; title: J. Mallevialle, A. Bruchet: Origin and Elimination of Tastes and Odors in Water Treatment Systems.-