Overview
- A comprehensive review
- Written by experts in the field
- Appeals to scientists involved in the management and treatment of hospital effluents and wastewater, administrators and decision-makers, legislators, and environmental engineers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 60)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume addresses hospital effluents in terms of their composition and the management and treatment strategies currently (being) adopted around the globe. In this context, one major focus is on pharmaceutical compounds: their observed concentration range, ecotoxicological effects, and the removal efficiency achieved by the different technologies. Another focus is on management strategies (dedicated hospital wastewater treatment, or a combined approach also involving urban wastewater) and currently adopted treatments to reduce the released pollutant load. Innovative and promising technologies under investigation at the lab and pilot scale are presented. A discussion of remaining knowledge gaps and future research requirements rounds out the coverage.
The respective chapters, written by experts in the different fields, provide useful information for a broad audience: scientists involved in the management and treatment of hospital effluents and wastewater containing micropollutants, administrators and decision-makers, legislators involved in the authorization and management of healthcare structure effluents, and environmental engineers involved in the design of wastewater treatment plants, as well as newcomers and students interested in these issues.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hospital Wastewaters
Book Subtitle: Characteristics, Management, Treatment and Environmental Risks
Editors: Paola Verlicchi
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62178-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62177-7Published: 12 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87248-3Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62178-4Published: 04 September 2017
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 243
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Practice and Hospital Management, Environmental Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Ecotoxicology