Fresh Water Pollution Dynamics and Remediation

1. Front Matter

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2. The Concerns for Global Sustainability of Freshwater Ecosystems

   • Humaira Qadri, Rouf Ahmad Bhat

   Pages 1-13

3. Freshwater Pollution: Effects on Aquatic Life and Human Health

   • Rizwana Qadri, Muneeb A. Faiq

   Pages 15-26

4. Freshwater Contamination: Sources and Hazards to Aquatic Biota

   • Nighat Mushtaq, Dig Vijay Singh, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Moonisa Aslam Dervash, Omar bin Hameed

   Pages 27-50

5. Correlation Between Pollution Trends of Freshwater Bodies and Bacterial Disease of Fish Fauna

   • Gowhar Hamid Dar, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Azra N. Kamili, Mohammad Z. Chishti, Humaira Qadri, Rubiya Dar et al.

   Pages 51-67

6. Impact of Pollution on Quality of Freshwater Ecosystems

   • T R Kumaraswamy, Sabiha Javeed, Maheen Javaid, Kumara Naika

   Pages 69-81

7. Heavy Metal Intrusion and Accumulation in Aquatic Ecosystems

   • Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Javid Manzoor, Ashaq Ahmad Dar, Razia Shuab, Rafiq Lone

   Pages 83-104

8. Impact of Climate Change on Freshwater Ecosystem and Its Sustainable Management

   • Birjees Hassan, Humaira Qadri, Md. Niamat Ali, Nissar Ahmad Khan, Ali Mohd Yatoo

   Pages 105-121

9. Role of Biotools in Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems

   • Irfan-ur-Rauf Tak

   Pages 123-142

10. Bioremediation: A Sustainable and Emerging Tool for Restoration of Polluted Aquatic Ecosystem

    • Bhat Mohd Skinder, Baba Uqab, Bashir Ahmad Ganai

    Pages 143-165

11. Biosorption as Environmentally Friendly Technique for Heavy Metal Removal from Wastewater

    • Saraswati Saini, Jaskaran Kaur Gill, Jagdeep Kaur, Hridoy Ranjan Saikia, Navdeep Singh, Inderpreet Kaur et al.

    Pages 167-181

12. Biotechnological Intervention as an Aquatic Clean Up Tool

    • Moonisa Aslam Dervash, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Sadiqa Shafiq, Dig Vijay Singh, Nighat Mushtaq

    Pages 183-196

13. Analysis of Hydrology, Sediment Retention, Biogenic- Calcification and -Scavenging as Self-Remediative Lacustrine Functions.

    • Umar Nazir Bhat, Anisa Basheer Khan

    Pages 197-234

14. Remediation of Pesticides Through Microbial and Phytoremediation Techniques

    • Sartaj Ahmad Bhat, Humaira Qadri, Guangyu Cui, Fusheng Li

    Pages 235-245

15. Trends in Phytomanagement of Aquatic Ecosystems and Evaluation of Factors Affecting Removal of Inorganic Pollutants from Water Bodies

    • Abdul Barey Shah, Rana Pratap Singh, U. N. Rai

    Pages 247-262

16. Urban Pond Ecosystems: Preservation and Management Through Phytoremediation

    • Mohd. Muzamil Bhat, R. N. Shukla, M. Yunus

    Pages 263-291

17. Aquatic Pollution Stress and Role of Biofilms as Environment Cleanup Technology

    • Shakeel Ahmad Dar, Rouf Ahmad Bhat

    Pages 293-318

18. Wonders of Nanotechnology for Remediation of Polluted Aquatic Environs

    • Dig Vijay Singh, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Moonisa Aslam Dervash, Humaira Qadri, Mohammad Aneesul Mehmood, Gowhar Hamid Dar et al.

    Pages 319-339

Freshwater is a finite resource and is being deteriorated directly and indirectly by anthropogenic pressures. Preserving the quality and availability of freshwater resources is becoming one of the most pressing environmental challenges on the international horizon.  To ensure the preservation as well as availability of freshwater resources, there is a need to understand the ecology of the freshwater systems, pollution problems, their impacts, restoration techniques to be opted and the conservation measures. In this backdrop the present book on ‘Freshwater Pollution Dynamics and Remediation’ has been compiled.

The book provides an understanding about the present state of art, pollution impacts including the changes in the environmental quality as well as the shift in the aquatic biological communities of the fragile freshwater ecosystems. Besides, the impact of deteriorating quality of the freshwater ecosystems on the animal and human health is also discussed in detail. This book provides a comprehensive account of the techniques based on updated research in biotechnology, bio-remediation, phyto-remediation and nano-bioremediation. The role of biosorpers and biofilms as a remediation tool has also been detailed. The book is a ready reference for researchers, scientists and educators who are involved in the freshwater pollution, remediation and management studies.

The book editors with an expertise in diverse research fields in freshwater ecosystems have congregated the most inclusive research accounts on the freshwater pollution and remediation and thus developed a repository of diverse knowledge on the subject

• Fresh Water
• Ecosystems
• Pollution
• Bioremediation
• Restoration
• water quality and water pollution
• marine and freshwater sciences
• water quality and water pollution
• water and health

• Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Sciences, Sri Pratap College Campus, Cluster University of Srinagar, Srinagar, India

  Humaira Qadri, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Mohammad Aneesul Mehmood, Gowhar Hamid Dar

Dr. Humaira Qadri is heading the department of Environment & Water Management and is teaching in the Post Graduate Department of Environmental Science in Sri Pratap College Campus, Cluster University Srinagar, J&K. She has her specialisation in limnology, nutrient dynamics and phytoremediation. Dr. Qadri has published scores of papers in international journals and has a more than 10 books with national and international publishers. She is also the reviewer of various international journals. She is guiding a number of research students for Ph.D program and has supervised more than 50 Master’s dissertations. She is the Principal Investigator of some major and minor research projects on phytoremediation. A gold medallist at her Master’s level, she has bagged a number of awards and certificates of merit. With a number of national scientific events to her credit she also has been on the scientific board of various international conferences. Dr. Qadri is an active participant in national and international scientific events and has organised a number of national conferences on science. She holds the life memberships of various international organisations as well. 

Dr. Rouf Ahmad Bhat has his specialisation in Limnology, Toxicology, Phytochemistry and Phytoremediation. Dr. Bhat has been teaching graduate and post graduate students for the past two years. He is an author of more than 50 scientific articles and 15 book chapters, and has published 09 books with international publishers. He has presented and participated in numerous State, National and International conferences, seminars, workshops and symposium. Dr. Bhat has worked as an associate Environmental Expert in World Bank funded Flood Recovery Project and also Environmental Support Staff in Asian Development Bank funded development projects. Dr. Bhat has received many awards, appreciations and recognitions for his services to the science of water testing, air and noise analysis. He has served as editorial board member and reviewer of reputed international journals. Dr. Bhat is currently working as assistant professor and is still writing and experimenting with diverse capacities of plants for use in aquatic pollution. 


Dr. Mohammad Aneesul Mehmood has his specialisation in limnology and environmental toxicology. He completed his doctorate from the Division of Environmental Science, SKUAST- K with meritorious certificate from the university. He received Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad Khan Gold Medal and Shri Bhushan Memorial Gold Medal for being a topper during his master’s programme. He has qualified various national competitive tests in the discipline of Environmental Science. He was also awarded with INSPIRE merit fellowship (JRF & SRF) by the department of Science and Technology, GoI during his doctoral programme. He has been teaching graduate and post graduate students for the past two years in the Department of Environmental Science, School of Sciences, Sri Pratap College campus, Cluster University Srinagar. J&K, India. He has been supervising many students for their M. Sc. projects. He has a number of publications in international journals of repute and a number of books with international publishers.


Dr. Gowhar Hamid Dar is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Environmental Science, Sri Pratap College, Cluster University Srinagar, Department of Higher Education (J&K). He has a PhD in Environmental Science with specialisation in Environmental Microbiology (Fish Microbiology, Fish Pathology, Industrial Microbiology, Taxonomy and Limnology). He has been teaching graduate and post graduate students for the past many years. He has more than 40 papers in international journals of repute and a number of books with international publishers. He is guiding a number of students for master’s thesis.He has been working on the Isolation, Identification and Characterization of microbes, their pathogenic behaviour and impact of pollution on development of diseases in fish fauna for the past several years. He has received many awards and appreciations for his services towards the science and development. Besides, he is also the acting member of various research and academic committees.

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