Contents: Vol. I: Water Characteristics and Properties: 1. Natural water quality. 2. Aquatic environment. 3. Aquatic ecosystem. 4. Food chain. 5. Basic uses of water and quality criteria. 6. Domestic water supplies. 7. Industrial application of water. 8. Aquatic, fish and wild life. 9. Water pollution and water quality profile. 10. Water pollution- nature and sources. 11. Water quality management programme. 12. Water quality monitoring. 13. Selection of sampling stations. 14. Sampling frequencies and durations. 15. Data interpretation. 16. Management of Municipal wastes. 17. Industrial waste water management. 18. Water resources management. Its qualitative aspects. Reference. Index.
Vol. II: Environmental Analysis and Instrumentation: 1. Simple chemical balance. 2. Digital pH meter. 3. Hot plate cum magnetic stirrer. 4. Densitometer. 5. Conductivity meter and measurement of conductivity. 6. Centrifugation. 7. Refrigerated centrifuge. 8. Photometric analysis: fundamentals. 9. Colorimetry. 10. Spectrophotometry. 11. Atomization (Atom formation) a concept. 12. Atomic absorption spectrophotometric measurement. 13. Ultraviolet spectrophotometer. 14. Induced coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. 15. Flame photometry. 16. Chromatography. 17. Partition chromatography. 18. Paper chromatography. 19. Thin layer chromatography (TLC). 20. Gas liquid chromatography (GLC). 21. Gas chromatography (GC). 22. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). 23. Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS). 24. Ion selective electrodes. 25. Electrophoresis. 26. Polarographic analysis. 27. Anodic stripping voltametry (ASV). 28. Total organic carbon analysis. 29. Carbon Hydrogen analyser. 30. X-Ray florescence. 31. Geiger muller counter. 32. Microtomy. 33. Measurement of temperature of environmental sample. 34. Measurement of Hydrogen in concentration of pH in the environmental samples. 35. Measurement of magnesium and Calcium in environmental samples. 36. Measurement of electrical conductivity in environmental samples. 37. Measurement of turbidity in environmental samples. 38. Infrared spectroscopy. 39. Measurement of dissolved Oxygen (D.O.) in the environmental samples. 40. Measurement of various types of residues or solids in the environmental samples. 41. Measurement of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) in environmental samples. 42. Measurement of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) in environmental samples. 43. Meaurement of hardness in environmental samples. 44. Measurement of sulphate in environmental samples. 45. Measurement of Chloride in environmental samples. 46. Measurement of Alkalinity in environmental samples. 47. Automatic sampling and monitoring techniques for environmental pollutants. 48. Microprocessor and digital display for analytical instrument for monitoring of environmental quality. 49. Maintenance and servicing of electronic instruments. Index.
Vol. III. Environmental Biochemistry: Preface. 1. Understanding biochemical aspects in relation to environmental science and technology. 2. Environmental biochemistry in relation to chemistry. 3. Microorganisms: general characteristics and properties. 4. Fungi (molds), yeasts and viruses an introduction. 5. Microorganisms in air. 6. Microbial growth: measurement and kinetics. 7. Aromatic halides, phenols and isomerism. 8. Carbohydrates: general introduction. 9. Carbohydrates: basic biochemical aspects. 10. Nitrogen and nitrogenous compounds in the environment. 11. Biochemical description of amino acids. 12. Biochemical description of proteins. 13. Enzymes and its significance in biological system. 14. Biochemical description of enzymes and co-enzymes. 15. Nucleic acids in biological system. 16. Lipids in biological system. 17. Alcohols in biological system. 18. Hormones in biological system. 19. Aldehydes, ketones, organic acids and esters in biological system. 20. Ethers and secondary metabolites in biological system. 21. Vitamins in biological system. 22. Membranes in biological system. 23. Structure and properties of molecules. 24. Energetics in biological system. 25. Regulation of biochemical reactions in biological system. Index.
Vol. IV. Environmental Pollution Control: A Refresher Course: 1. Ecosystem concept in resource management and economics. 2. Meaning, scope and objectives of environmental education. 3. Hazards of industrial effluents and need for their treatment and management. 4. Thermal changes caused by hot industrial effluent. 5. Domestic, industrial and agricultural solids: disposal and recycling. 6. Prevention of pollution: Strategies and approaches. 7. Effluent standards and emission limits for pollution causing industries. 8. Treatment of domestic and industrial wastes and their application. 9. Treatment of Municipal and industrial wastewaters and effluents of other origin. 10. Monitoring instruments, equipments and accessories. 11. Detailed descriptions of hazards and industrial chemical. 12. Waste, utilization techniques. 13. Industrial pollution by solid wastes. 14. Economics of producing energy from disposed solid wastes. 15. Central Ganga Authority (CGA) and its salient features. 16. Health problem caused due to accumulation of disposed off materials. 17. Safety consideration and devices in management of industrial wastes. 18. Control of hazardous substances. 19. Solid waste treatment techniques and reuse of waste material including energy recovery. 20. Toxicity and biohazards. 21. Environmentals impact assessment. 22. Environment impact assessment of air, water and noise pollution. 23. Environmental issues related to metallurgical, organic, chemical and plastic industries. 24. Effect of ozone layer, acid rain and Carbon Dioxids emission. 25. Zoning and classification of rivers and their purification. 26. Procedure for obtaining NOC and site clearance. 27. Measurement of various environmental monitoring parameters. 28. Legislative action for environmental protection. 29. Laws related to hazardous substances and relevant provision in the factories act, 1948. 30. Air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981 and wild life (protection) act, 1972. 31. Code of criminal procedures and guidelines for inspection of industries. 32. Environmental ecology: nature and scope. 33. Nature of environmental responses. 34. Ecosystem modelling. 35. Concept types of pollution. 36. Soil, water and air pollution. 37. Conservation of natural resources. 38. Human ecology and social organization. 39. Interaction of man, environment and culture. 40. Environmental consideration in economic planning and development. Index.
Vol. V. Environment Measurement: Concept and Approach: Preface. 1. Environmental pollution: an Indian scenerio. 2. Emergence of civilization in man's history and today's technology. 3. Selection & adaptation of microorganisms in wastewater treatment technology. 4. Physiochemical analysis. 5. Estimation of dissolved Oxygen in env. samples. 6. Estimation of electrical conductivity in env. samples. 7. Flame photometric analysis for various environmental samples. 8. Gas chromatographic analysis for various environmental samples. 9. Microbiological analysis. 10. Specific isolation of microorganisms in environmental samples. 11. Statistical analysis. Bibliography. Annexure I. Annexure II. Index.
Vol. VI. Treatment of Textile Industrial Effluent: 1. Treatment of textile industrial effluent-a review. 2. Assessment of various physico-chemical and microbiological characteristics of different waste streams of cotton textile mill. 3. Effect of environmental variables on survival and treatment efficiency of acclimatized mixed microflora for treatment of textile waste- a lab scale investigation. 4. Use of acclimatized mixed microflora for pH reduction and COD removal from textile mill effluent in static and shake flask culture cultivation at limited nutrient supply condition. 5. Sequential enrichment, isolation and performance evaluation of textile waste treating microflora in mixed and pure cultures. 6. Textile wastewater treatment by single coagulant system for percent reduction in chemical characteristics. 7. Textile waste treatment by single coagulant system for percent reduction of heavy metals. 8. Reduction in chemical characteristics of textile effluent by mixed coagulant system. 9. Textile waste treatment by mixed coagulant system for percent reduction of heavy metals. 10. Sequential coagulation for percent reduction of chemical characteristics of textile effluent. 11. Treatment of textile wastewater by sequential coagulant system for percent reduction in heavy metals. 12. Evaluation of treatment efficiency of acclimatized microflora versus freshly collected activated sludge for textile waste treatment. 13. Treatment of primarily treated textile mill effluent by acclimatised mixed and pure isolates a lab scale shake flask investigation. 14. Impact of untreated and primarily treated textile effluent on seed germination and seedling growth of some crop plants. 15. Suitability of sequential coagulant system and acclimatized mixed microflora for treatment of textile effluent of different localities of a problem area. References. Index.
Vol. VII. Treatment of Pulp and Paper Industrial Effluent: Preface. 1. General introduction. 2. Manufacturing processes. 3. Wastewater generation, their reuse with reference to different processes & characteristics of wastes. 4. Wastewater treatment. 5. Colour removal from pulp and Paper Mill Wastewater. Suggestions for pollution abatement & environmental protection. References. Annexures. Index.
Vol. VIII. Microbial Technology for Bioremediation: 1. General introduction. 2. Significance of microorganisms for biosorption/bioaccumulation of metallic contaminants a review. 3. Acclimatization of microbial consortia for biosorption/bioaccumulation of some metallic contaminants in a soil perfusion system. 4. Assessment of biosorption efficiency of acclimatized mixed microflora for removal of some metallic contaminants in multi-metallic aqueous environment. 5. Assessment of biosorption efficiency of various microbial isolates for some metallic contaminants in single metallic system. 6. Assessment of comparative biosorption and recovery of some metallic contaminants from loaded biomass of 'During and post growth" cultivation stages. 7. Efficiency of metals biosorption of formaling treated non-viable biomass of various isolates in single metallic aquous environment. 8. Heavy metals biosorption efficiency of some microbial isolates in chemically synthesized multi component aqueous environment. References. Index.
"The nature has given us clean water, air, soil and other resource to fulfill our basic needs and lead a healthy life. However, because of day-to-day advancement in scientific and technological developments, the greed of the man and his intellectual endeavours of unsystematic and unsustainable advancements have caused irrepairable deterioration/degradation in the quality of life in terms of air water and soil pollution etc. In recent days, the cry of pollution is heard worldwide and international consensus can also be seen to protect various natural resources from various types of pollution. Now, existence of the mankind on this living planet is seems to be a major threat. It is because, the problems of pollution have not only increased proportionately, but also become more complicated and diversified. Increase in the human population, unorganized industrial development and intensification in agricultural practices for increased productions of food grains to fulfill the growing demand of the population etc. are some of the important reasons, which are responsible for increase in the incidence of pollution of aquatic resources. The problem of pollution is further aggravated by acidification through air pollution and leakages from dumps containing toxic and hazardous wastes, besides release of freons, increased use of automobiles, deforestation, the indiscriminate use of natural resources, disposal of untreated and for partially treated domestic and industrial effluents, increased use of radio active substances in energy production etc.
The complexed and diversified multidisciplinary problem of pollution is a matter of grave concern to all of us and thus it become paramount important to define and design the directions for economical--and effective control for sustainable development. To meet the challenges of various types of pollution, effective co-operation among other disciplines like Civil Engineering, chemistry, biology, sanitary engineering, public health engineering, biochemical engineering, biotechnology, environmental microbiology and bio chemistry, pollution control technology, statistics and many more is the esential.
The objective of the present volume is to educate and train the audiance to become all round environmental scientists and technologists. The volume offers a large number of subsubjects concerning the water quality management, treatment and disposal of various types of industrial and domestic effluents. It also includes various aspects of air, water and soil pollution and review on the state of art in pollution control, measurement methods etc. The main series is subdivided into following parts: Vol. 1: Water: general characteristics and properties. Vol. 2: Environmental biochemistry. Vol. 3: Environmental analysis and instrumentation. Vol. 4: Refresher course. Vol. 5: Environment: concept and measurement. Vol. 6: Microbial technology. Vol. 7: Textile wastewater treatment. Vol. 8: Paper mill effluent treatment." (jacket)
