| About the book | |
Important topics: ? Ecosystem approach in warm climates ? Mechanized biological and physico-chemical treatment methods ? Natural treatment methods?ponds, lagoons, constructed wetlands ? Power-saving UASBs and decentralized systems ? Resource recovery and reuse for creating new water resources ? Reuse in industries and agriculture ? Planning treatment plants The last edition of this successful book dealt with disposal of wastewater for pollution control. The current edition, Wastewater Treatment for Pollution Control and Reuse has been thoroughly revised and extends the discussion to the many benefits and various methods for reusing wastewater. New chapters on reuse of wastewater and use of physico-chemical treatment methods, including membrane technologies that are critical for reuse, have been added. Besides the mechanized methods of wastewater treatment the authors have discussed other methods which are not only simple, natural and cost-effective, but also more dependable, especially in developing countries with warm weather. For example, the natural treatment methods?algal, hyacinth and duckweed ponds, and constructed wetlands which are now gaining worldwide acceptance. Besides new additions, the existing content has been significantly updated and made more meaningful to present day problems with the coverage of decentralized systems, sludge management, overall design of treatment plants and a thorough discussion of the factors that affect sustainable waste management. Very importantly, from their vast experience, the authors also describe how to retrofit sanitation in slums and shantytowns and outline methods to clean polluted water courses running through big cities and towns. Highlights: ? Simpler, more cost-effective treatment methods ? A new section on groundwater recharge ? A special section on retrofitting sanitation in slums, shantytowns ? Water conservation and reuse in industry and agriculture ? Case studies of wastewater treatment plants ? Design data with plenty of solved examples ? Interesting topics for research and development Useful for: ? Faculty and graduate students of environmental, civil and chemical engineering departments ? Professionals from the industry, public bodies and consulting firms concerned with the control of water pollution and reuse of water ? Pollution control agencies, municipal corporations and town planning departments | |
| About the author | |
Soli. J Arceivala Soli J Arceivala pioneered the business of environmental consultancy in India, in 1961, setting up AIC, a company specializing in water and environmental engineering consultancy. In 1993, the company became AIC Watson, with Prof Arceivala continuing as its Chairman, and then serving as Chairman Emeritus until 2001, when he retired. Prof Arceivala has served as the Director, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, Government of India. He was then appointed Regional Advisor, Environmental Health, WHO Regional Office for Europe, and later Chief, WHO South East Asia Region, which covers 11 countries. In 1993-94, he served as the President of the Indian Water Works Association and in 1996 became the founder President of the Indian Environmental Association. Prof Arceivala has been involved in teaching, research and consultancy work. He has served as a Professor in Bombay University for 10 years and pioneered water conservation and reuse in various Indian industries in the mid-sixties. Every year since 1972 Prof Arceivala has been invited to lecture at IHE, Delft, Holland, on wastewater treatment. Several plants for reuse of water, in India and the Middle East, have been built with his expertise. In recent years, he has worked on developing reuse of water to augment water resources for community use. A well established author, he has written three books on environmental engineering, with one having been translated into Turkish and Iranian languages. Prof Arceivala is a graduate of Harvard University and member of several professional bodies. To honor his lifetime work on wastewater treatment, in 1998 he became the first Indian to be awarded Honorary Membership of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The society commended him as ?an international consultant with a distinguished career in shaping the environmental protection activities in developing countries of India, the Middle East and South East Asia.? Prof Arceivala has also received six other awards for his outstanding work on the environment. Shyam. R Asolekar Shyam R Asolekar is Professor and Head of the Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. Some of the courses recently developed and taught by him include: Environmental Change and Sustainable Development; Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Management and Reuse; Environmental Law and Policy for post-graduate students; and Environmental Studies for undergraduate engineering students. His research areas are: Treatment, Recycle and Reuse of Industrial and Municipal Wastewaters; Rejuvenation of Lakes and Rivers; Sustainable Urban Management; Environmental Policy; Preventive Environmental Management; Eco-Industrial Networking; and Treatment of Hazardous, Biomedical and Solid Wastes. Prof Asolekar is a member of the Dahanu Taluka Environmental Protection Authority (since 1997). He was appointed by the Govt. of Maharashtra in the Fact-finding Committee to probe the cause for collapse of civic infrastructure during the deluge of 26th July, 2005 in Mumbai. He also advises the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Govt. of India, the Honorable Bombay High Court, Govt. of Goa, Govt. of Maharashtra, Gujarat Pollution Control Board, and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board on matters pertaining to the environment. Prof Asolekar has been appointed a member of the steering committee of Network for Reuse of City Effluents for Agriculture under the `Global Water Partnership? initiative in South Asia. He was also a partner in the Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental Technology (ARRPET), 2001-2004 funded by the Sida?Swedish Development Co-operation Agency. Prof Asolekar was the President of the Indian Environmental Association (IEA) for the 2003-2005 term. Prof Asolekar received the outstanding PhD thesis award (1991) of the American Chemical Society. He has also received the Prof Patwardhan Award, in 1999, for Innovative Technology Development instituted by IIT Bombay; the Prof R C Singh Medal by the Institution of Engineers (India). In 1994, the Rockefeller Foundation conferred on him Fellowship for Leadership in Environment and Development. He was awarded, in 2001, the Leadership in Environment and Development?India Society fellowship for authoring a policy paper in the context of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). Prof Asolekar holds an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from UICT, Mumbai (1980) and a master?s degree from IISc, Bangalore (1985). He went on to do his MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering from Syracuse University (1987) and University of Iowa (1991), respectively. After pursuing his postdoctoral studies at Harvard University he returned to India in January 1993 to teach at IIT Bombay. | |
| Table of contents | |
1. Ecosystem Approach to Pollution Control 2. Planning for Wastewater Collection, Treatment and Disposal 3: Principles of Aerobic Bio-Reactor Design 4: Principles of Aerobic Biological Treatment 5: Principles of Aeration 6: Some Aerobic Biological Treatment Methods 7: UASB and other Anaerobic Systems 8: Mechanically Aerated Lagoon 9: Natural Systems ? 1 10: Natural Systems ? 2 11: Natural Systems ? 3 12: Physico-Chemical Treatment Methods 13: Solid Settling and Sludge Management 14: Water Conservation and Reuse in Industry and Agriculture 15: Water Renovation and Reuse to Augment Urban Water Supplies 16: Guidelines for Planning and Designing Treatment plants and CETPs 17: The Many Facets of Sustainable Waste Management | |
