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Water Scarcity and Ways to Reduce the Impact

Management Strategies and Technologies for Zero Liquid Discharge and Future Smart Cities

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Editors:
  1. Muthu Pannirselvam

    1. RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

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  2. Li Shu

    1. LJS Environment, Parkville, Australia

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  3. Gregory Griffin

    1. RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

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  4. Ligy Philip

    1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

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  5. Ashok Natarajan

    1. Tamilnadu Water Investment Company, Chennai, India

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  6. Sajid Hussain

    1. Tamilnadu Water Investment Company, Chennai, India

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  • Discusses topics such as water scarcity issues, sustainable wastewater management and current research on reusing car wash water
  • Looks at technologies in the areas of reverse osmosis, zero liquid discharge, nano materials, technology advancements in piping and similar infrastructure for future smart cities
  • Gives insight into issues such as use of biochar from sugar cane bagasse for treatment of textile wastewater and disinfection by-products in recycled waters

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Sustainable Management of Municipal Wastewater Reverse Osmosis Concentrate: Treatment with Biological Activated Carbon Based Processes for Safe Disposal

    • Linhua Fan, Felicity A. Roddick
    Pages 1-14

  3. Sustainable Wastewater Management Through Decentralized Systems: Case Studies

    • Ligy Philip, C. Ramprasad, D. Krithika
    Pages 15-45

  4. Nanofiltration of Dye Bath Towards Zero Liquid Discharge: A Technical and Economic Evaluation

    • Li Shu, Muthu Pannirselvam, Veeriah Jegatheesan
    Pages 47-61

  5. Treating Car Wash Wastewater by Ceramic Ultrafiltration Membranes for Reuse Purposes

    • Jamie Wills, Shamima Moazzem, Veeriah Jegatheesan
    Pages 63-73

  6. Microalgae as Bio-Converters of Wastewater into Biofuel and Food

    • Mohammad Raza Siddiqui, Ana Miranda, Aidyn Mouradov
    Pages 75-94

  7. Effect of Hybrid Photocatalysis and Ceramic Membrane Filtration Process for Humic Acid Degradation

    • Lili Song, Bo Zhu, Veeriah Jegatheesan, Stephen R. Gray, Mikel C. Duke, Shobha Muthukumaran
    Pages 95-113

  8. Potential Use of Biochar from Sugarcane Bagasse for Treatment of Textile Wastewater

    • Sinem Ograk, Gregory J. Griffin, Muthu Pannirselvam
    Pages 115-133

  9. Disinfection By-products in Recycled Waters

    • Lydon D. Alexandrou, Barry J. Meehan, Oliver A. H. Jones
    Pages 135-149

  10. Functional Nanoporous Titanium Dioxide for Separation Applications: Synthesis Routes and Properties to Performance Analysis

    • Andrea Merenda, Lingxue Kong, Bo Zhu, Mikel C. Duke, Stephen R. Gray, Ludovic F. Dumée
    Pages 151-186

  11. Addressing Water Scarcity in Tamilnadu: New Perspective

    • Ashok Natarajan
    Pages 187-195

  12. Repair or Replace: Technologies Available for Trenchless Remediation of Existing Infrastructure

    • Peter Marchant
    Pages 197-217

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 219-221
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Because water access, distribution and quality are the most urgent challenges for societies across the world, this book focuses on the current and future demands and challenges in the areas of water scarcity we may face and possible solutions in terms of technology and management including infrastructure changes that are needed for the future smart cities. Readers of this book shall gain an increased understanding of water supply and its demands and shall learn some of the research trends to overcome global water scarcity and urban growth by creating smart cities. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Muthu Pannirselvam, Gregory Griffin

  • LJS Environment, Parkville, Australia

    Li Shu

  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

    Ligy Philip

  • Tamilnadu Water Investment Company, Chennai, India

    Ashok Natarajan, Sajid Hussain

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