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Dangerous Pollutants (Xenobiotics) in Urban Water Cycle

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Petr Hlavinek

    1. Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

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  2. Ongjen Bonacci

    1. University of Split, Croatia

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  3. Jiri Marsalek

    1. National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Canada

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  4. Ivana Mahrikova

    1. Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia

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  • State of art in water related dangerous pollutants
  • Multidisciplinary approach to problem of xenobiotics in urban water
  • Technical, ecological and socio economical point of view

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Table of contents (31 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Challenges In Water Resources Management

    1. A Whole-Life Cost Approach To Sewerage And Potable Water System Management

      • Dragan A. Savic, Slobodan Djordjevic, Adrian Cashman, Adrian Saul
      Pages 3-12

    2. Reuse Of Urban Water: Impact Of Product Choice

      • Geraldine Knops, Marc Pidou, Wilfred Kadewa, Ana Soares, Paul Jeffrey, Bruce Jefferson
      Pages 13-22

    3. Urban Water Resources Management In Romania - Perspectives For The Sustainable Development In Order to Supply Water to Human Settlements

      • Liviu-Daniel Galatchi
      Pages 23-34

    4. Water Quality And Wastewater Treatment Systems In Georgia

      • Mariam Betsiavili, Mariam Ubilava
      Pages 35-44

    5. Stormwater Management In Urbanised Areas

      • Petr Hlavinek
      Pages 45-52

  4. Xenobiotics And Its Treatment, Impact Assessment

    1. Polar Organic Micropollutants In The Water Cycle

      • Juliane Hollender, Heinz Singer, Christa S. McArdell
      Pages 103-116

    2. Pharmaceuticals And Personal Care Products (Ppcp) In Canadian Urban Waters: A Management Perspective

      • Jiri Marsalek
      Pages 117-130

    3. Viruses In Ground Water

      • Philip Berger
      Pages 131-149

    4. Ecohydrology Of Dojran Lake

      • Cvetanka Popovska, Ongjen Bonacci
      Pages 151-160

    5. Polychlorinated Biphenyls In Urban Environment Of Belarus: Sources, Pollution, Problems Of Monitoring

      • Tamara Kukharchyk, Valery Khomich, Sergey Kakareka, Svetlana Utochkina
      Pages 161-170

    6. Phytotoxicity Assessment Of Effluent Waters, Surface Water And Sediments

      • Danguolė Montvydienė, Danutė Marčiulionienė, Vilmantė Karlavičienė, William Hogland
      Pages 171-180

    7. Monitoring And Modelling Pesticide Dynamics In Surface Water

      • Piet Seuntjens, Katrijn Holvoet, Peter A. Vanrolleghem
      Pages 181-190

    8. Methods For Toxicity Testing Of Xenobiotics In Wastewater Treatment Plants And In Receiving Water Bodies

      • Gianni Andreottola, Paola Foladori, Giuliano Ziglio, Chiara Cantaloni, Laura Bruni, Maria Cadonna
      Pages 191-206

    9. Chromium And Atrazine Contamination Of The Ljubljansko Polje Aquifer

      • Mitja Brilly, Brigita Jamnik, Damjana Drobne
      Pages 207-216
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Growing population and rising standards of living exert stress on water supply and the quality of drinking water. Some of these pressures can be reduced by demand management and water and wastewater reuse. In wastewater ma- gement, new challenges are caused by new chemicals of concern, including endocrine disrupters, pharmaceuticals, hormones, and personal care products, which often pass through wastewater treatment plants unabated, but may cause serious impacts on receiving aquatic ecosystems. The topics focused on evaluation of impact of xenobiotics in the whole Urban Water Cycle are an interdisciplinary task which has a rising concern these days. Xenobiotics includes both inorganic elements like heavy metals, metalloids and man-made organic compounds such as pesticides, surfactants, solvents, fragrances, flavours, and pharmaceuticals as well as endocrine dis- pters. It has been estimated that 70,000 xenobiotics may potentially be hazardous for humans and/or ecosystems. Water supply, urban drainage and wastewater treatment systems were originally designed to solve just conventional problems such as supply of potable water, flooding prevention and sanitation. The main problem within the conventional urban water cycle approaches is absence of design to deal with xenobiotics. Nowadays can be seen increased focus on rainwater use, wastewater reclamation and reuse in industrial and as well in domestic sector what increase the exposure to xenobiotics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

    Petr Hlavinek

  • University of Split, Croatia

    Ongjen Bonacci

  • National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Canada

    Jiri Marsalek

  • Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia

    Ivana Mahrikova

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