Progress and Prospects in the Management of Oxyanion Polluted Aqua Systems

1. Front Matter

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2. Oxyanions in Aqua Systems—Friends or Foes?

   • Nurudeen A. Oladoja, Brigitte Helmreich

   Pages 1-31

3. Ecological Impacts of Oxyanion in Aqua Systems

   • Y. I. Bulu, T. D. Saliu

   Pages 33-67

4. Oxyanions in Groundwater System—Prevalence, Dynamics, and Management Strategies

   • Eric T. Anthony, Nurudeen A. Oladoja

   Pages 69-102

5. Occurrence and Management of Selenium Oxyanions in Water

   • Chidinma G. Ugwuja, Ajibola A. Bayode, Damilare Olorunnisola, Emmanuel I. Unuabonah

   Pages 103-128

6. Advances in the Management of the Neglected Oxyanions (Antimoniate, Borates, Carbonates, and Molybdate) in Aqua System

   • Isiaka A. Lawal, Moses Gbenga Peleyeju, Michael Klink

   Pages 129-154

7. Trends in the Management of Arsenic Contamination in Potable Water

   • Eric T. Anthony, Nurudeen A. Oladoja

   Pages 155-183

8. Prospects of Photocatalysis in the Management of Nitrate Contamination in Potable Water

   • Zeeshan Ajmal, Yassine Naciri, Abdelghani Hsini, Bianca M. Bresolin, Abdul Qadeer, Muhammad Nauman et al.

   Pages 185-217

9. Advances in the Microbial Fuel Cell Technology for the Management of Oxyanions in Water

   • Jafar Ali, Aroosa Khan, Hassan Waseem, Ridha Djellabi, Pervez Anwar, Lei Wang et al.

   Pages 219-236

10. Managing Oxyanions in Aquasystems—Calling Microbes to Action

    • Aemere Ogunlaja, Grace S. Peter, Florence A. Sowo

    Pages 237-262

11. The Halogen-Oxyanion Derivatives as Contaminants of Concern in Water

    • Moses O. Alfred, Daniel T. Koko, Ahmad Hosseini-Bandegharaei, Artur J. Motheo, Emmanuel I. Unuabonah

    Pages 263-291

12. Monitoring and Management of Anions in Polluted Aqua Systems: Case Studies on Nitrate, Chromate, Pertechnetate and Diclofenac

    • Rana Ahmed, Philippe Moisy, Amitabh Banerji, Peter Hesemann, Andreas Taubert

    Pages 293-347

13. Removal of Nitrogen Oxyanion (Nitrate) in Constructed Wetlands

    • Fidelis O. Ajibade, Nathaniel A. Nwogwu, Kayode H. Lasisi, Temitope F. Ajibade, Bashir Adelodun, Awoke Guadie et al.

    Pages 349-378

14. Global Laws and Economic Policies in Abatement of Oxyanion in Aqua Systems: Challenges and Future Perspectives

    • Ngozi C. Ole, Rasaki S. Dauda, Emmanuel I. Unuabonah

    Pages 379-403

This book is a compendium of research efforts and findings on the sources, occurrences, hydrochemistry, and several operating variables that influence the presence of oxyanions in aqua system. 


The content of this book has been designed to provide an insightful account of an array of innovative technologies for the management of the impacts of oxyanions in water, the progress and drawbacks of these technologies and those that have been effectively deployed to transform oxyanions in water to beneficial species. This book further x-rays global laws and economic policies targeted at effectively curtailing the presence of harmful oxyanions in water, challenges facing these policies, and future perspectives on how best to reduce the level of these harmful oxyanions in water to safe limit. 


The book is relevant to water professionals, policy makers, academics, and research students.

• Oxoanions
• Adsorption
• photocatalysis
• Water treatment
• Water pollution

• Department of Chemical Sciences, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Nigeria

  Nurudeen A. Oladoja

• Chemical Sciences, Redeemer's University, Ede, Nigeria

  Emmanuel I. Unuabonah

​Prof. Nurudeen Abiola Oladoja Oladoja is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Sciences, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria. He is the head of the Hydrochemistry Research Group in the University and also the Director of Research at the Redeemer’s University’s African Centre of Excellence for Water and Environmental Research (ACEWATER) in Nigeria. His research interest is in the development of sustainable, low-cost, eco-friendly and technologically-simple protocols for water and wastewater treatment and resource recovery from wastewater. He has supervised and co-supervised several M.Sc. and PhD students.


Prof. Emmanuel Iyayi Unuaboah is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences at Redeemers University in Nigeria. Professor Unuabonah is also the Centre Director of the Redeemer’s University’s African Centre of Excellence for Water and Environmental Research (ACEWATER)in Nigeria. His research is focused on the preparation and characterization of functional composite materials from local materials and agrowastes for the purpose of treating water. He is the Founding President of the Nigerian Young Academy and an alumnus of the African Science Leadership Program (ASLP). He has supervised and co-supervised several M.Sc. and PhD students.

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