Wastewater reuse and current challenges

This volume discusses the current challenges related to the reuse of wastewater. It reviews the analytical methodologies for evaluating emerging contaminants and their transformation products, the sensitivity of various bioassays for assessing the biological effects of treated wastewater, and the bi...

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Other Authors: Fatta-Kassinos, Despo,, Dionysiou, Dionysios D.,, Kümmerer, Klaus, 1959-, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2016.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Series: Handbook of environmental chemistry ; v. 44.
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Table of Contents:
  • Scope of the book Wastewater reuse and current challenges / Klaus Kümmerer, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Despo Fatta-Kassinos
  • New challenges for the analytical evaluation of reclaimed water and reuse applications / Ana Agüera, Dimitra Lambropoulou
  • Bioassays currently available for evaluating the biological potency of pharmaceuticals in treated wastewater / Marlen I. Vasquez, Irene Michael, Klaus Kümmerer, Despo Fatta-Kassinos
  • Bioavailability and uptake of organic micropollutants during crop irrigation with reclaimed wastewater: introduction to current issues and research needs / N. Cañameras, J. Comas, J. M. Bayona
  • Irrigation with treated wastewater: potential impacts on microbial function and diversity in agricultural soils / Ana Rita Lopes, Cristina Becerra-Castro, Ivone Vaz-Moreira, M. Elisabete F. Silva, Olga C. Nunes, Célia M. Manaia
  • Antibiotic resistance elements in wastewater treatment plants: scope and potential impacts / Joao Gatica, Ella Kaplan, Eddie Cytryn
  • Safe drinking water? Effect of wastewater inputs and source water impairment and implications for water reuse / Susan D. Richardson, Cristina Postigo
  • Design of water recovery system with process integration / Dominic C. Y. Foo
  • Wastewater use in agriculture and relevance of micropollutants in North African countries / Olfa Mahjoub
  • Water reuse within the paper industry / Angeles Blanco, Daphne Hermosilla, Carlos Negro
  • Reusing landfill leachate within the framework of a proper management of municipal landfills / G. Del Moro, C. Pastore, E. Barca, C. Di Iaconi, G. Mascolo, G. Brunetti, V. Uricchio.