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Water Pollutants and Their Removal Techniques

Water Pollutants and Their Removal Techniques

P. Senthil Kumar, A. Saravanan
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781522557548|ISBN10: 1522557547|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522588375|EISBN13: 9781522557555
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5754-8.ch008
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Kumar, P. Senthil, and A. Saravanan. "Water Pollutants and Their Removal Techniques." Advanced Treatment Techniques for Industrial Wastewater, edited by Athar Hussain and Sirajuddin Ahmed, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 114-133. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5754-8.ch008

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Kumar, P. S. & Saravanan, A. (2019). Water Pollutants and Their Removal Techniques. In A. Hussain & S. Ahmed (Eds.), Advanced Treatment Techniques for Industrial Wastewater (pp. 114-133). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5754-8.ch008

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Kumar, P. Senthil, and A. Saravanan. "Water Pollutants and Their Removal Techniques." In Advanced Treatment Techniques for Industrial Wastewater, edited by Athar Hussain and Sirajuddin Ahmed, 114-133. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5754-8.ch008

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Abstract

A developing number of contaminants are entering into water supplies from industrialization and human actions. On account of pharmaceuticals, individual care items, hormones, pesticides, and other substance intensifies that are discharged into the water supply, rising contaminations distinguished in water may have contrary effects to human wellbeing and aquatic environments. In perspective of the previously mentioned issues, late consideration has been centered on the improvement of more effective, low cost, vigorous strategies for wastewater treatment, without additionally focusing on nature or endangering human wellbeing by the treatment itself. The treatment methodologies include primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment using chemical and biological processes. Various strategies, for example, electrochemical, ion exchange, chemical precipitation, coagulation, membrane separation, adsorption, dialysis, flotation, and biological methods have been utilized for the expulsion of harmful contaminations from water and wastewater.

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