Publisher's Synopsis
Water purification is the process of removing undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids and gases from contaminated water. The text Handbook of New Concepts in Water Purification presents a review on optimization of conventional drinking water treatment plant that eventually proposing a method to maximize process efficiency with less risks. In first chapter, a review on the actual state of the art on the treatment of olive mill wastewaters (OMW) by membrane technologies has been addressed. Second chapter focuses on TiO2-impregnated porous silica tube and its application for compact air- and water-purification units. In third chapter, new composite materials in the technology for drinking water purification from ionic and colloidal pollutants have been described. The advances in possible water treating improvements are issued in fourth chapter. Waste water treatment methods have been introduced in fifth chapter. In sixth chapter, the treatment technologies for organic wastewater have been reviewed. The relationship of algae to water pollution and waste water treatment has been discussed in seventh chapter. In eighth chapter, the novel and common methods for the determination of trace heavy metals in waste water and their removal processes are explained. Selective removal of heavy metal ions from waters and waste waters using ion exchange methods have been described in last chapter.
