Xenobiotics in the Urban Water Cycle: MassFlows, Environmental Processes, Mitigation and Treatment Strategies(Environmental Pollution)
Springer | 2010-01-01 | ISBN: 9048135087 | 494 pages | PDF | 13 MB

The presence of xenobiotics in the aquatic environment is seen as oneof the biggest challenges for a sustainable water future. Thus, thereis a need to understand, in an integrated manner, the sources, flowpaths, fate and effects of xenobiotics in the urban water cycle.

This book is an authoritative and comprehensive reference sourcecovering: occurrence, sources and fluxes of xenobiotics in urbanwaters, processes concerning the fate and transport of xenobiotics,mass flows and transformation products, mitigation, treatment methodsand systems for the removal of xenobiotics, risk assessmentmethodologies and risk management, information on source control andmitigation measures.

The book contains a wealth of information on some of the compounds mostfrequently found in urban water systems, and of special interest willbe the chapters dealing with compounds that have only recently beeninvestigated, such as illicit drugs, scents, and toxins.