Environmental Challenges

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Water Quality Monitoring

   1. Status of the Drinking Water Standards Program in the United States

      • H. J. Brass

      Pages 1-9

   2. Recent Developments in Microbiotesting and Early Millennium Prospects

      • C. Blaise, F. Gagné, M. Bombardier

      Pages 11-23

   3. Biological Stability: A Multidimensional Quality Aspect of Treated Water

      • D. Van Der Kooij

      Pages 25-34

   4. From Media to Molecules: New Approaches to the Detection of Micro-Organisms in Water

      • C. R. Fricker

      Pages 35-41

   5. Enzymatic Detection of Coliforms and Escherichia coli within 4 Hours

      • H. Nelis, S. Van Poucke

      Pages 43-52

   6. Detection of Infectious Cryptosporidium Parvum Oocysts in Environmental Water Samples using an Integrated Cell Culture-PCR (CC-PCR) system

      • M. W. Lechevallier, M. Abbaszadegan, G. D. Di Giovanni

      Pages 53-65

   7. Genotoxicity in German Surface Waters — Results of a Collaborative Study

      • G. Reifferscheid, T. Grummt

      Pages 67-79

   8. Blazing towards the Next Millennium: Luciferase Fusions to Identify Genes Responsive to Environmental Stress

      • D. C. Alexander, M. A. Costanzo, J. Guzzo, J. Cai, N. Charoensri, C. Diorio et al.

      Pages 81-94

   9. Identification of New Drinking Water Disinfection by-Products from Ozone, Chlorine Dioxide, Chloramine, and Chlorine

      • S. D. Richardson, A. D. Thruston Jr., T. V. Caughran, P. H. Chen, T. W. Collette, K. M. Schenck et al.

      Pages 95-102

   10. Ecotoxicological Indicators of Water Quality: Using Multi-Response Indicators to Assess the Health of Aquatic Ecosystems

       • S. M. Adams, M. S. Greeley

       Pages 103-115

3. Water and Wastewater Treatment

   1. Ecological Engineering of Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment

      • C. P. L. Grady Jr., C. D. M. Filipe

      Pages 117-132

   2. Biodegradation of Recalictrant Components of Organic Mixtures

      • E. D. Schroeder, J. B. Eweis, D. P. Y. Chang, J. K. Veir

      Pages 133-146

   3. Application of Biofilms and Biofilm Support Materials as a Temporary Sink and Source

      • P. A. Wilderer, P. Arnz, E. Arnold

      Pages 147-158

   4. Effective Management and Operation of Coagulation and Filtration

      • G. S. Logsdon

      Pages 159-166

   5. Wastewater Reclamation for Agricultural Reuse in Israel: Trends and Experimental Results

      • A. Brenner, S. Shandalov, R. Messalem, A. Yakirevich, G. Oron, M. Rebhun

      Pages 167-182

   6. Biological Denitrification of Groundwater

      • M. I. M. Soares

      Pages 183-193

4. Air Pollution and Control

   1. Towards a Science-Based Integrated Ozone-Fine Particle Control Strategy

      • R. L. Tanner

      Pages 195-201

   2. An Assessment of the Mobile Source Contribution to PM10 and PM2.5 in the United States

      • A. W. Gertler, J. A. Gillies, W. R. Pierson

      Pages 203-214

   3. Characterisation of Individual Aerosol Particles for Atmospheric and Cultural Heritage Studies

      • R. Van Grieken, K. Gysels, S. Hoornaert, P. Joos, J. Osan, I. Szaloki et al.

      Pages 215-228

In the summer of 1999, an international group of experts convened in Jerusalem, Israel, in order to define the major environmental challenges facing humanity at the dawn of the new millennium and - where possible - propose ways of addressing them. Almost 50 selected articles are collected in the present book, which constitutes a striking interdisciplinary combination of state-of-the-art science with the latest views on environmental law, education, and international cooperation. Whilst a major fraction of the book is devoted to water-related issues (water quality monitoring, water and wastewater treatment, water-based international cooperation, and more), other sections deal with timely topics relating to air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, and education. The book is intended for environmental scientists, professionals, and students of all disciplines.

• air pollution
• biodiversity
• ecosystem
• emission
• environment
• forest
• health
• lake
• ozone
• pollution
• risk assessment
• air pollution and air quality

• Laboratory for Environmental Microbiology, Division of Environmental Sciences, The Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Graduate School of Applied Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

  Shimshon Belkin

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