Recent Trends in Wastewater Treatment

This volume discusses contemporary techniques, technologies, and solutions for industrial wastewater remediation and treatment. It covers biological, chemical, and physical aspects of wastewater treatment, with a background on the generation of wastewater associated with different industries, as well as a comparison of traditional treatment technologies with new advancements. The authors also describe the reuse and recovery of nutrients and precious metals from wastewater, and how such sustainable strategies can be incorporated into industrial wastewater planning and legislation. The book also contains practical and theoretical aspects of various industries and their wastewater management practices in a changing climate, with an emphasis on recent research examining the environmental impact of wastewater. The work will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers studying wastewater pollution and remediation, wastewater management-based NGOs, and people involved in the planning and legislation of industrial operations.  

Dr. Sughosh Madhav is presently working as Dr D S Kothari postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He has obtained his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He earned his doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The area of his doctoral research was the impact of textile effluents on soil and water quality and associated health hazards. He has published more than fifteen research papers and five book chapters in environmental geochemistry, water pollution, soil contamination, wastewater treatment and climate change. He also edited five books in various reputed publications.

 

Dr. Pardeep Singh is presently working as an Assistant Professor (Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India). He has obtained his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He received his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology-IIT (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi. The area of his doctoral research was the degradation of organic pollutants through various indigenous isolated microbes and by using multiple types of photocatalyst. He has published more than forty papers in international journals. He has edited more than twenty books in various reputed publications.

 

Dr. Vandana Mishra is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. She obtained her doctorate from the University of Delhi. Her research area is Environmental Biotechnology. Currently, she focuses on using microbes and enzymes for the bioremediation of effluent from textile and other industries. She has published many research papers on the toxicity of dyes and their remediation techniques.

 

Prof. Sirajuddin Ahmed is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He obtained his Masters in Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (University of Delhi), New Delhi, India. He was awarded a Doctorate from the University of Wales (U.K.). His research interest includes wastewater treatment, constructed wetlands and other wastewater treatment technologies, reuse and recycling of wastewater and sustainable development. He has published more than a hundred research papers, edited two books and also has six patents.

 

Prof. Pradeep Kumar Mishra is a well-rounded researcher with more than thirty years of experience in leading, supervising and undertaking research in the broader field of Environmental Engineering and Science with a focus on Wastewater Treatment (Bioremediation & Adsorption), Bio-energy, Nanomaterials, Membrane Separation Processes & Biomaterials. Prof Mishra is a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi and currently Vice-Chancellor of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, India. He has published more than sixty research papers in reputed journals and twenty book chapters, edited more than fifteen books in various publications and also has six patents. He earns various honourable awards and is a member of numerous prestigious academic societies.