Modern Tools and Methods of Water Treatment for Improving Living Standards

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVI

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2. Recent Advances in Purification and Special Treatment of Water and Water Quality Monitoring

   1. Advances in Drinking Water Treatment in the United States

      • S.C. Gutierrez, R.C. Haught, D.A. Lytle, E.W. Rice, M.M. Williams

      Pages 3-8

   2. Depositional Characteristics of Lake Sediments in Canada as Determined by Pb-210 and Cs-137

      • A. Omelchenko, W. L. Lockhart, P. Wilkinson1

      Pages 9-50

   3. Biosensors for Water Quality Monitoring

      • N.F. Starodub, A.M. Katzev, V.M. Starodub, I.A. Levkovetz, V.V. Goncharuk, N.A. Klimenko et al.

      Pages 51-70

   4. Rapid Detection of Bacteria in Drinking Water

      • R.A. Deininger, J. Lee

      Pages 71-78

   5. Utilization of Mobile Analytical Tests in Wastewater Treatment Plant

      • J. Navratil, F. Bozek, J. Dvorak

      Pages 79-86

   6. An Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Mixed-Oxidant Solutions Produced from “Activated Water” in Cooling Tower Biological Control

      • J.A. Lewis

      Pages 87-98

3. Development of Modern Technologies of Special Water Treatment for Use in Various Areas of Science, Industry and Public Health

   1. Fibroid Sorbents for Water Purification

      • R.A. Khaydarov, O. Gapurova, R.R. Khaydarov, S. Y. Cho

      Pages 101-108

   2. Use of In-Situ Oxygen Curtain Technology in Enhanced Bioremediation of Groundwater

      • S. Induchny, J. Archibald, W. S. Mulica

      Pages 109-113

   3. Electrochemically-Stimulated Sorption and Sorption-Membrane Methods for Removal of Ionic Impurities from Water

      • V.N. Belyakov, V.M. Linkov

      Pages 115-136

   4. Innovative Water Purification Method and Devices

      • V. Gevod, I. Reshetnyak, S. Gevod, I. Shklyarova, A. Rudenko

      Pages 137-149

   5. Potentialities of Membrane Operations in Water Treatments

      • A. Criscuoli, E. Drioli

      Pages 151-158

   6. Water Disinfection Using Silver and Copper Ions and Colloidal Gold

      • R.R. Khaydarov, R.A. Khaydarov

      Pages 159-166

4. Tools and Methods for Achievement of High Technological Parameters of Water Purification and Wastewater Treatment

   1. Water Savings and Reuse in the Textile Industry

      • H. Wenzel, H.H. Knudsen

      Pages 169-189

   2. Biocide Polymers - New Opportunities in Water Treatment

      • V. Marievsky

      Pages 191-196

   3. Optimization of Galvanic Wastewater Treatment Processes

      • I. Kliopova, J. Staniškis

      Pages 197-208

   4. Efficiency of Nitrification and Denitrification Processes in Waste Water Treatment Plants

      • F. Bozek, J. Navratil, J. Kellner

      Pages 209-217

   5. Electrochemical Processes for Wastewater Purification Utilizing Fluidised Beds of Particles with Different Conductivity

      • Konstantin Kazdobin

      Pages 219-234

   6. Cold Plasma as a New Tool for Purification of Wastewater

      • A.A. Pivovarov, A.P. Tischenko

      Pages 235-244

   7. Purification of Industrial Waters from Organic Compounds and Bacteria

      • Ya. Tarasova, V. Chernyak, T. Chehovskaya, V. Zrazhevskij, A. Trokhymchuk, I. Babich et al.

      Pages 245-252

Providing the population of the Earth with safe drinking water is one of the biggest challenges of modern society. In recognition of this problem the United Nations Organization and UNESCO declared 2003 to be the International Year of Freshwater. On November 19-22, 2003, the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on “Modern Tools and Methods of Water Treatment for Improving Living Standards” took place in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. Thirty-one participants from 15 countries including Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, UK, Ukraine, USA, and Uzbekistan attended the meeting. They discussed the scientific concepts and practical means for the solution of the complex social, economic and ecological problems associated with water purification, consumption, conservation, and protection. They also established a network of scientists and specialists to foster further collaboration and the exchange of ideas. The location of the ARW was chosen quite deliberately. The city of Dnepropetrovsk is located on the banks of the Dnieper River and it has a population of about 1. 3 million people. As it is one of the largest industrial centers, it shares all the environmental problems, which are found in the modern Ukraine. In 2001, one in seven of the water samples taken from Ukrainian industrial and drinking water supply systems did not meet sanitary-hygienic standards, and one in twelve did not meet microbiological standards.

• Groundwater
• Public Health
• World Health Organization
• development
• quality
• wetland
• water quality and water pollution
• water industry and water technology
• quality control, reliability, safety and risk

• University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

  Alexander Omelchenko

• Ukrainian State Chemical Technology University, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

  Alexander A. Pivovarov

• Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

  W. Jim Swindall

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