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Sediments Contamination and Sustainable Remediation
Authors: Catherine N. Mulligan, Masaharu Fukue and Yoshio Sato
ISBN: 9781843393009
February 2010 • 359 pages • Hardback
IWA Members price: £ 48.75 / US$ 87.75 / € 65.81
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The surface water environment can be considered to be an important part of
the geo-environment. It is the recipient of not only liquid discharges from
surface run-offs, rivers and groundwater but also waste discharges from land-based industry,
municipal and other anthropogenic sources. It is also a vital element in the geo-environment that
provides the base for life support systems and is a significant resource. The combination of these
two large factors, with their direct link to human population, makes it an integral part of the
considerations on the sustainability of the geo-environment and its natural resources. A healthy
ecosystem ensures that aquatic plants and animals are healthy and that these do not pose risks to
human health when they form part of the food chain.
This book discusses the threats to the health of the sediments resulting from discharge of
pollutants, excessive nutrients and other hazardous substances from anthropogenic activities. It
examines the impacts observed as a result of these discharges including the presence of hazardous
materials and the phenomenon of eutrophication. It also examines the remediation techniques
developed to restore the health of the sediments and how to evaluate the remediation technologies
using indicators.
Co-Published with CRC Press
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Analytical Measurements in Aquatic Environments
Editors: Jacek Namiesnik and Piotr Szefer
ISBN: 9781843393061
October 2009 • 503 pages • Hardback
IWA Members price: £ 41.25 / US$ 82.50 / € 61.88
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Over the past twenty years, the knowledge and understanding of wastewater treatment have Even
a cursory perusal of any analytical journal will demonstrate the increasing important of trace and
ultra-trace analysis. And as instrumentation continues to develop, the definition of the term "trace
element" will undoubtedly continue to change. Covering the composition and underlying properties
of freshwater and marine systems, Analytical Measurements in Aquatic Environments
provides the basis for understanding both. It discusses all aspects of analytical protocols from the
handling of representative samples to the metrological evaluation of specific steps and whole
procedures.
Ecotoxicological considerations and the effort to achieve an increasingly accurate description of the
state of the environment challenge analytical chemists who need to determine increasingly lower
concentrations of various analytes in samples that have complex and even non-homogenous
matrices. The newly coined expression "analytics" emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of
available methods for obtaining information about material systems, with many methods that
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