Advances in Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Metals and fluoride dynamics in fly ash mound under plantation/P.C. Mishra, A.S.P. Mishra and Suraj Tandon. 2. Predicting the fate of pesticides in multimedia environmental using level IV fugacity model: a case study of Kelowna (BC)/Sarah Moffat, Amin Zargar and Rehan Sadiq. 3. Effectiveness of simultaneous adsorption and biodegradation over individual processes for reduction of cyanide from effluents/Rajesh Roshan Dash, Chandrajit Balomajumder and Rakesh Roshan Dash. 4. Water pollution, wastewater management practices and regulatory mechanism in India/Akhila Kumar Swar. 5. Sequencing batch reactor (SBR) technology for treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater/Pradyut Kundu and Somnath Mukherjee. 6. Algae of chilika lagoon: a documentation after opening of the new mouth/D. Mohanty, S.K. Das and S.P. Adhikary. 7. Sea level rise due to climate change/S.N. Das. 8. Harvesting nutrients from water using bio-coagulant/Narendra Kumar Sahoo, Sumedha Nanda Sahu, S. Sharma and S.N. Naik. 9. Predicting discolouration potential in water distribution networks: an index-based approach/Paul Chadwick, Alex Francisque, Andrew Heather, Philip Selby and Rehan Sadiq. 10. Nutrient removal from domestic wastewater: an environmental biotechnology approach/Prangya Ranjan Rout, Rajesh Roshan Dash and Puspendu Bhunia.
11. Adsorption of reactive red 120 from aqueous solution by locally available modified adsorbents/Pramit Sarkar, Akshaya Kumar Verma, Puspendu Bhunia and Rajesh Roshan Dash. 12. Impact of mercury contained effluent and reclamation of mercury contaminated environment by a cyanobacterium/Alaka Sahu and A.K. Panigrahi. 13. Heavy metal concentration through idol immersion activities: a case study of river Budhabalanga, Balasore, Odisha/Tanuja Panigrahi, Bita Mohanty and R.B. Panda. 14. Treatment of municipal wastewater in UASB reactors: an introspection/P.K. Behera, S.S. Pati and S.K. Sahu. 15. Aspects and prospects of traditional knowledge, religion and culture in forest ecosystem engineering: a case study/Ambarish Mukherjee. 16. In vitro solubilization of inorganic phosphate by phosphate solubilizing microorganisms (PSM) from rice rhizosphere/Ranjita Panda, Siba P. Panda, C.R. Panda and R.N. Kar. 17. Seasonal variation of soil respiration in the control and dumping sites of NACs and municipality of Balasore District, Odisha, India/S.C. Pradhan and R.C. Sahoo. 18. Atrazine toxicity alters the activities of antioxidative enzymes and increases lipid peroxidation level in germinating Mung bean seeds/Surjendu Kumar Dey and Swarna Prasanti Pradhan. 19. Assessing the impact of open cast mines on surrounding land use pattern: a case study from Keonjhar District of Odisha, India/Himansu Sekhar Patra and Kabir Mohan Sethy. 20. Environmental assessment of marine ornamental fishes in the gulf of mannar biosphere reserve, Southeast Coast of India/Manish Kumar, B. Anjan Kumar Prusty and T.T. Ajith Kumar. 21. Bioindicators and biomarkers of soil contamination: earthworms and microorganisms as models/C.S.K. Mishra, Snehasis Mishra, D.K. Bastia and Swetalina Acharya. 22. Ascertain genetic diversity of artemisia annua adapted to Harsh environment of Ladakh using RAPD and ISSR molecular markers/Pradeep Kumar Naik and Aditya Kishore Dash. 23. Monitoring morphological changes in a coastal environment: a case study along the coastal tract of Odisha with special reference to the Mahanadi river Mouth using remote sensing and GIS/G.K. Panda. 24. Electrochemical methods for the treatment of high COD loaded industrial effluent and their complete removal/S.C. Mallik, B.C. Tripathy and N.N. Das. 25. Ambient air quality around OCL India limited at Rajganpur, Odisha, India/Sanjat K. Sahu, A. Mishra and Aditya Kishore Dash. 26. Changes in physico-chemical characteristics of soil following application of rice mill wastewater under field irrigation conditions/Abanti Pradhan, Sanjat K. Sahu and Aditya Kishore Dash. 27. Study of effluent treatment at Denzong breweries Pvt.ltd. Khurda, Odisha, India/Sushree Sasmita, Anand Mohan Roy and Upendra Nath Dash. 28. Traffic noise models: a comparative case study/Bijay Kumar Swain and Shreerup Goswami. 29. Ambient air study near the industrial complex Nisha at Angul, Odisha, India/Subhasish Parida, Mira Das and Aditya Kishore Dash. 30. Assessment of post mining water quality of pit lakes in Sukinda valley of Jajpur District, Odisha, India/Subhashree Pattanaik. Index.
This book is a compilation of thirty research and review papers contributed by senior faculty members of some universities, scientific and engineering institutions in India and Abroad. It covers the areas like; Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Control, Noise Pollution Modeling, Reclamation of Degraded and Contaminated Land, Environmental Toxicology, Modeling for Fate of Pesticides, Bioindicators and Biomarkers, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Biotechnology, Climate Change, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Environmental Monitoring, Forest Ecology etc. The papers embody materials of great use for scientists, engineers, teachers and research students working in the areas of Environmental Sciences and Engineering.
