Environmental Science and Technology in India

Contents: Preface. 1. Contemporary trends in environmental science and technology/Arvind Kumar, R.K. Somashekar and P. Ravikumar. 2. A perspective on zero waste in urban India/M. Selvam and V. Rajasheker. 3. An analysis on the elimination of heavy metals from industrial effluents/P. Raju, S. John Alexis and M.K. Saseetharan. 4. Application of environmental biotechnology for the treatment of coke plant effluent/Mrinal K. Ghose and Surendar Roy. 5. Application of UASB reactor system for treatment of hydrogenated oil/Sunita Shastry, Tapas Nandy and S.N. Kaul. 6. Assessment of growmore biofertilizer in relation to other bio and organic fertilizers available in the market/Sudha A. Sawant and Sumukh S. Ghatnekar. 7. Bioavailability of metal in fly ash and their bioaccumulation in naturally occurring vegetation/Subodh Kumar Maiti and S. Nandhini. 8. Bioaugmentation to enhance the performance of slurry phase bioreactor in degrading diethyl phthalate (DEP) in soil/S. Shailaja, M. Rama Krishna, S. Venkata Mohan and P.N. Sarma. 9. Chemical, microbiological and geological aspects of acid mine drainage and its control aspects/Gurdeep Singh. 10. Use of waste plastic as modifier in Bituminous concrete mix/B.V. Kiran Kumar, V. Anantha Rama and P. Prakash. 11. Composting of municipal solid waste: a feasible approach with alkali treatment/V.P. Despande, S. Babyrani Devi and R.V. Bhoyar. 12. Computer aided design of trickling filters/Shalin P. Shah and Zoher Z. Painter. 13. Conservation of water wastewater treatment recycling and reuse/N. Rammoorti. 14. Forest genetic resources of western ghats: status and conservation/P. Naveen Kumar, M. Bunty Raj, D. Siddaramu, B.C. Nagaraja and R.K. Somashekar. 15. Detoxification of tannery effluents using blue green algae with special reference to chromium/V. Shashirekha, M. Pandi, and Mahadeswara Swamy. 16. Distribution of heavy metals in the Bellandur lake, Bangalore/H. Lokeshwari and G.T. Chandrappa. 17. Diversity assessment and community patterns in relation to disturbance gradient in Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Orissa/R.K. Mishra, R.C. Mohanty and V.P. Upadhyay. 18. Drinking water quality assessment of Basavanahole tank with reference to physico-chemical characteristics/J. Narayana, R. Purushothama and B.R. Kiran. 19. Effect of chemicals vis-a-vis natural ingredients in the culture media of Spirulina platensis/Bharati M. Tamhane and Sudhir D. Ghatnekar. 20. Effect of pulp and paper mill effluent on seed germination and seedling growth of pea (Pisum sativum), mustard (Brassica nigra) and rice seed (Oryza sativa)/U.J. Medhi, A.K. Talukdar and S. Deka. 21. Effects of wastewater irrigation on heavy metal accumulation in soil and plants/Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Madhoolika Agrawal and Fiona M. Marshall. 22. Effluent recycling through application of membrane separation processes for zero effluent discharge in textile industry: a case study/Tapas Nandy, C.V. Deshpande, R.S. Dhodapkar, S.N. Kaul and Lidia Szpyrkowicz. 23. Environment protection through municipal corporation/V.M. Sathye. 24. Designing regional soil liners using contaminant transport modeling/P.V.Sivapullaiah, S.N. Mayanaik and G. Sankara. 25. Environmental impact assessment for integrating environmental concerns/Sandeep Bodkhe and R. Sarin. 26. Environmental management in a heavy water plant/P. George Thomas. 27. External gamma dose rate in and around Bangalore University: a preliminary survey/N.G. Shiva Prasad, N. Nagaiah and D.N. Avadhani. 28. Extractive spectrophotometric determination of Saccharin/Sunitha B. Mathew, Ajai Kr. Pillai and V.K. Gupta. 29. Implication of afforestation and reforestation on biodiversity conservation: a scenario of western ghats/B.C. Nagaraja and R.K. Somashekar. 30. Flue gas conditioning with ammonia in unit-7 of KTPS Koradi: a case study/S.S. Bagchi and M.P. Dharmadhikari. 31. GAC biofilm configured periodic discontinuous reactor operation for the treatment of complex chemical wastewater/N. Chandrasekhara Rao, S. Venkata Mohan and P.N. Sarma. 32. Geoenvironmental hazards in the area around Uttarkashi and Tehri Garhwal Himalaya, Uttaranchal/D.S. Bagri and Devendra Pal. 33. Global warming and methane emission from domestic livestock/Mahadeswara Swamy and V. Shashirekha. 34. Impact of hazardous industrial waste on health and environment/V. Anantha Rama, P. Prakash and B.V. Kiran Kumar. 35. Indoor air pollution due to domestic cooking in urban households/S. Gangamma, Rashmi S. Patil and Virendra Sethi. 36. GIS based mapping of renewable energy resources for Karnataka/Rudrappa Shettally and Amitabh Anand. 37. Rainwater harvesting with a special reference to sugar industry/B. Subba Rao. 38. Landfill disposal method of hazardous waste management/G.S. Munawarpasha, M.T. Prathap Kumar and G.P. Shivashankara. 39. Life cycle assessment: a tool for environmental management systems/S. Karthick and S.D. Manjare. 40. Lime sludge waste of paper mill as an alternative source of liming material for fish culture/Shabeena Yasmin and S. Deka. 41. Variation of Zoobenthos in the coastal waters of Kakinada/V.W. Lande and J.P. Kotangale. 42. Utilisation of wastewater for green belt development/Sunita Hooda and R.K. Suri. 43. Municipal solid waste management and optimal routing in Mysore city using GIS/Atiya Tahseen, Mangala R. Patil, C. Rajeshwari, M. Vedashri and Rudrappa Shettally. 44. Natural radioactivity in high background areas of coastal Kerala/Y. Narayana, P.K. Shetty and K. Siddappa. 45. Nature and treatment of dairy plant effluents/S.A.D. Prasad, M. Rekha Ravindra, P. Heartwin Amala Dhas and F. Magdaline Eljeeva Emerald. 46. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) technology: a new horizon for the wastewater treatment/Darshak Mehta, Khushboo Soni and Shalin Shah. 47. Percentage of stomatal coverage on leaf: a new concept for selection of plant species for the development of green belts in mining areas/Subodh Kumar Maiti. 48. Perception towards environmental assessment of interlinking of rivers/Prakash Kelkar. 49. The global positioning system and its application to civil and environmental engineering/Madhav N. Kulkarni. 50. Public hearing vis-a-vis peoples participation in development projects: an overview/P.K. Sethi and C. Soundararajan. 51. Qualitative and quantitative study of the forest flora of the Phulchoki base, Kathmandu Valley: a future managerial prospect/Deepak Chhetry Karki. 52. Sustainability and human development/S.D. Manjare and S. Karthick. 53. Radon and Thoron daughter concentration in coastal island, Kerala/Jose P. Abraham, M. Rajagopalan, K. Rakesh, C.K. Sreejith, Siju Vincent, P.P. Haridasan and P.M.P. Pillai. 54. Recovery of aluminum from biomedical waste/Kanjan Upadhyay. 55. Recycle and reuse of wastewater in service stations/B. Kavitha, B.T. Ranjani, Ranjini Bhat, Ujwal J. Pathange, H.S. Dayananda and G.S. Manjunath. 56. Recycle: best option for the municipal solid waste leachate treatment/Gopal Mugeraya and R. Ravishankar. 57. Suspended particulate matter studies at Narora atomic power station/Vyom Saxena, B. Dube and A.G. Hegde. 58. Removal of organics and inorganics from water using indigenous sources: agricultural solid wastes/C. Namasivayam. 59. Removal of se(IV) by adsorption onto industrial solid waste Fe(III)/Cr(III) hydroxide/K. Prathap and C. Namasivaya. 60. Role of economic instruments for sustainable development/N. Kumara Swamy. 61. Role of wetlands and their management: a case study of lake Kolleru--lessons learnt and strategies for future/M.K. Durga Prasad and P. Padmavathi. 62. Studies on the removal of chromium from industrial plating effluents using gibbsite alumina as adsorbent/M. Revathi, M. Ganesan, B. Kavitha, M. Renuka Devi and T. Vasudevan. 63. Industrial effluent treatment with flyash: a study of Durg district (Chhattisgarh)/Parminder Kaur. Index.

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