Modern Tools And Methods Of Water Treatment For Improving Living Standards

by Omelchenko, Alexander; Pivovarov, Alexander A.; Swindall, W. Jim

• ISBN13: 9781402031151
• ISBN10: 1402031157
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Water is a paramount determinant of quality of life. The WHO experts believe that the sickness and death rates of the world population could be reduced by 75 % by maintaining good quality of drinking water. That is why thirty-one leading scientists and specialists from fifteen countries gathered in November 2003 at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on "Modem Tools and Methods of Water Treatment for Improving Living Standards" in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, to discuss the scientific concepts and practical means for the solution of the complex social, economic and ecological problems associated with water purification, consumption, conservation, and protection. All this is covered in this book of proceedings of the NATO ARW. This book contains four parts. In Part 1 , the readers could find recent advances in drinking water treatment in the United States, biological control in water-cooling towers, analytical control of drinking water quality, and the use of radionuclides for monitoring global contamination. In Part 2, some innovative methods and tools, such as electrochemically-stimulated sorption and sorption-membrane methods, a bubble- extraction method, fibroid sorbents, in-situ oxygen curtain technology, use of ion- exchange membranes, electrochemically-generated silver and copper ions and colloidal gold for water purification and post-purification are presented. In Part 3, recent studies into the treatment of wastewaters could be found. Among them: water reclamation and recycling in Danish industry, biocide polymers as a new opportunity in water treatment, optimization of galvanic wastewater treatment processes, efficiency of nitrification and denitrification processes in wastewater treatment plants, electrochemical processes for wastewater purification employing fluidized beds of particles, cold plasma as a new tool for purification of wastewater from chemical contaminants, bacteria and viruses. In Part 4, examples of management of water resources in the United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Poland, Croatia, and Romania using a variety of case studies are presented. Also, the important issue of industry-university cooperation for postgraduate education and training in the water treatment area is discussed. We believe that this book will be helpful to the international community of scientists, specialists and students dealing with water treatment, purification, conservation and protection.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Contributors	xi
Part I. Recent Advances in Purification and Special Treatment of Water and Water Quality Monitoring
Advances in Drinking Water Treatment in the United States	3	(6)
S.C. Gutierrez
R.C. Haught
D.A. Lytle
E.W. Rice
M.M. Williams
Depositional Characteristics of Lake Sediments in Canada as Determined by Pb-210 and Cs-137	9	(42)
A. Omelchenko
W.L. Lockhart
P. Wilkinson
Biosensors for Water Quality Monitoring	51	(20)
N.F. Starodub
A.M. Katzev
V.M. Starodub
I.A. Levkovetz
V.V. Goncharuk
N.A. Klimenko
A.N. Shmir'ova
N.V. Piven
B.B. Dzantijev
Rapid Detection of Bacteria in Drinking Water	71	(8)
R. A. Deininger
J. Lee
Utilization of Mobile Analytical Tests in Wastewater Treatment Plant	79	(8)
J. Navratil
F. Bozek
J. Dvorak
An Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Mixed-Oxidant Solutions Produced from ``Activated Water'' in Cooling Tower Biological Control	87	(14)
J. A. Lewis
Part II. Development of Modern Technologies of Special Water Treatment for Use in Various Areas of Science, Industry and Public Health
Fibroid Sorbents for Water Purification	101	(8)
R.A. Khaydarov
O. Gapurova
R.R. Khaydarov
S.Y. Cho
Use of In-Situ Oxygen Curtain Technology in Enhanced Bioremediation of Groundwater	109	(6)
S. Induchny
J. Archibald
W.S. Mulica
Electrochemically-Stimulated Sorption and Sorption-Membrane Methods for Removal of Ionic Impurities from Water	115	(22)
V.N. Belyakov
V.M. Linkov
Innovative Water Purification Method and Devices	137	(14)
V. Gevod
I. Reshetnyak
S. Gevod
I. Shklyarova
A. Rudenko
Potentialities of Membrane Operations in Water Treatments	151	(8)
A. Criscuoli
E. Drioli
Water Disinfection Using Silver and Copper Ions and Colloidal Gold	159	(10)
R.R. Khaydarov
R.A. Khaydarov
Part III. Tools and Methods for Achievement of High Technological Parameters of Water Purification and Wastewater Treatment
Water Savings and Reuse in the Textile Industry	169	(22)
H. Wenzel
H.H. Knudsen
Biocide Polymers - New Opportunities in Water Treatment	191	(6)
V. Marievsky
Optimization of Galvanic Wastewater Treatment Processes	197	(12)
I. Kliopova
J. Staniskis
Efficiency of Nitrification and Denitrification Processes in Wastewater Treatment Plants	209	(10)
F. Bozek
J. Navratil
J. Kellner
Electrochemical Processes for Wastewater Purification Utilizing Fluidised Beds of Particles with Different Conductivity	219	(16)
K. Kazdobin
Cold Plasma as a New Tool for Purification of Wastewater	235	(10)
A.A. Pivovarov
A.P. Tischenko
Purification of Industrial Waters from Organic Compounds and Bacteria	245	(10)
Ya. Tarasova
V. Chernyak
T. Chehovskaya
V. Zrazhevskij
A. Trokhymchuk
I. Babich
V. Yukhymenko
Part IV. Management of Water Resources, Planning, Training and Education in Water Treatment
Industry University Cooperation for Postgraduate Education and Training in the Water Treatment Area	255	(10)
W.J. Swindall
Westcountry Rivers Trust United Kingdom: A Pioneering Programme for Restoration and Regeneration of Major River Basins	265	(14)
R. J. Stollard
A. Rickard
Recent Developments in Wastewater Treatment in Constructed Wetlands in Poland	279	(16)
H. Obarska-Pempkowiak
M. Gajewska
Water and Public Health: Legislation as a Tool for Improving Living Standards	295	(12)
K. Vitale
N. Janev-Holcer
N. Marinkovic
T. Pavic
The National Programme for Construction of Urban Wastewater Treatment Plants in the Republic of Bulgaria	307	(8)
B. Georgieva
Water Pollution Prevention Actions in Romanian Industry	315	(10)
V. Harceag
Surface Lipid Composition of Two Emergent Water Plants Used in Constructed Wetlands	325	(6)
N.I. Shtemenko
V.N Shepelenko
H. Richnow
P. Kuschk
Subject Index	331