Water and Waste Water Treatment Technologies

Edited by : S Vigneswaran,

Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Urban Wastewater Treatment: Past, Present and Future

S. Vigneswaran, C. Davis, J. Kandasamy, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Characteristics of Effluent Organic Matter in Wastewater

Saravanamuthu (Vigi) Vigneswaran, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
H.K. Shon, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney , Australia
J. Cho, NOM Ecology Laboratory, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Jaya Kandasamy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney , Australia

Filtration Technologies in Wastewater Treatment

Saravanamuthu (Vigi) Vigneswaran, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Jaya Kandasamy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
M. Rogerson, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Air Stripping in Industrial Waste Water Treatment

Asha Srinivasan, Faculty of Engineering, University of Regina, Canada
Pankaj Chowdhury, Faculty of Engineering, University of Regina, Canada
Thiruvenkatachari Viraraghavan, Faculty of Engineering, Environmental Systems Engineering Department, University of Regina, Canada

Dissolved Air Floatation in Industrial Wastewater Treatment

Asha Srinivasan, Faculty of Engineering, University of Regina, Canada
Thiruvenkatachari Viraraghavan, Faculty of Engineering, Environmental Systems Engineering Department, University of Regina, Canada

Membrane Technology for Organic Removal in Wastewater

Saravanamuthu (Vigi) Vigneswaran, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
H.K. Shon, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney , Australia
J. Cho, NOM Ecology Laboratory, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Jaya Kandasamy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney , Australia

Adsorption and Biological Filtration in Wastewater Treatment

Jaya Kandasamy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney , Australia
Saravanamuthu (Vigi) Vigneswaran, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
T.T.L. Hoang, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,University of Technology, Australia
Durgananda Chaudhary, Maunsell AECOM, Australia

Physico-Chemical Processes for Organic Removal from Wastewater Effluent

Saravanamuthu (Vigi) Vigneswaran, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
H.K. Shon, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
J. Cho, NOM Ecology Laboratory, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Jaya Kandasamy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
S. Phuntsho, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
J.H. Kim, School of Applied Chemical Engineering & The Research Institute for Catalysis, Choonam National University, Korea

Deep Bed Filtration: Modelling Theory and Practice

Saravanamuthu (Vigi) Vigneswaran, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Veeriah Jegatheesan, School of Engineering, James Cook University, Australia
G. Keir, School of Engineering, James Cook University, Australia

Specific Options in Biological Wastewater Treatment for Reclamation and Reuse

Huu-Hao Ngo, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney , Australia
Wenshan Guo, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney , Australia

Biological Phosphorus Removal Processes for Wastewater Treatment

A. Sathasivan, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Sequencing Batch Reactors: Principles, Design/Operation And Case Studies

Saravanamuthu (Vigi) Vigneswaran, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Marimuthu Sundaravadivel, Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University, Australia
D.S. Chaudhary, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney , Australia

Wastewater Stablisation Ponds (WSP) For Wastewater Treatment

Saravanamuthu (Vigi) Vigneswaran, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
H.K. Shon, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Jaya Kandasamy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
S. Phuntsho, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney , Australia

Treatment of Industrial Wastewater by Membrane Bioreactors

Chettiyappan Visvanathan, Environmental Engineering and Management Program, School of Environment ,Resources and Development,Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Stormwater Treatment Technologies

Gurmeet Singh, Blacktown City Council, Sydney, Australia
J. Kandasamy, S. Vigneswaran, R. Aryal, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
R. Naidu, Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, Adelaide, Australia

Sludge Treatment Technologies

Saravanamuthu (Vigi) Vigneswaran, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Jaya Kandasamy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney , Australia

Wastewater Treatment Technology for Tanning Industry

R.A. Ramanujam, Department of Environmental Technology, Central Leather Research Institute, India
R. Ganesh, Department of Environmental Technology, Central Leather Research Institute, India
Jaya Kandasamy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney , Australia

Palm Oil and Palm Waste Potential in Indonesia

Tjandra Setiadi, Department of Chemical Engineering,Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

Recirculating Aquaculture Systems - A Review

Veeriah Jegatheesan, School of Engineering, James Cook University, Australia
C.R. Steicke, School of Engineering, James Cook University, Australia
C. Zeng, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Australia

Upflow Anerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) Reactor in Wastewater Treatment.

K. Karthikeyan, Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board, India
Jaya Kandasamy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Applied Technologies in Municipal Solid Waste Land Fill Leachate Treatment

Huu-Hao Ngo, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney , Australia
Wenshan Guo, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney , Australia
Wen Xing, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney , Australia

Water Mining: Planning and Implementation Issues For A Successful Project

Jaya Kandasamy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
A. Chanan, Strategic Assets,State Water Corporation, Australia

Assessment Methodologies for Water Reuse Scheme and Technology

Saravanamuthu (Vigi) Vigneswaran, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Huu-Hao Ngo, Facult of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney , Australia
Wenshan Guo, Facult of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney , Australia
A. Listowski, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Australia
C.G. Palmer, Institute of Water and Environmental Resource Management, University of Technology, Australia

Nanotechnology for Wastewater Treatment: In Brief

I.J. El Saliby, H.K. Shon, J. Kandasamy and S. Vigneswaran, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

The Economics and Performance of DesalinationPlants

Ali M El-Nashar, Consultant, International Centre for Water and Energy Systems, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Mechanical Vapor Compression Distillation

B. Tleimat, Water Re-use Technology, Alamo, California, USA

Membrane Distillation

Enrico Drioli and Alessandra Criscuoli, Research Institute on Membranes and Chemical Reactors, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, c/o Dept. of Chemical and Mat. Eng., University of Calabria, Rende (CS), Italy
Louis Peña Molero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas, Departamento de Fisica Aplicada I, 28040 Madrid, Spain

MSF Engineering

M.A. Darwish, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Kuwait University, Kuwait

History and Current Status of Membrane Desalination Process

Ali M. El-Nashar, Consultant, ICWES, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Membrane Science And Technology For Wastewater Reclamation

A.F. Ismail and E. Yuliwati, Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti TeknologiMalaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Desalination by Membrane Distillation

Mohamed Khayet, Department of Applied Physics I, Faculty of Physics, University Complutense of Madrid, Avda. Complutense s/n, Madrid, Spain

History and Current Status of Material Selection in Thermal Desalination Process

C. Sommariva, Generation Middle East ILF Consulting Engineers, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Multi-Effect Distillation(MED)

Raphael Semiat, Rabin Desalination Laboratory, Grand Water Research Institute, Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Technion City, Haifa, Israel

Membrane Characterization

Khulbe KC, Feng CY and Matsuura T, Industrial Membrane Research Laboratory, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada

Recent Advances in Membrane Science and Technology in Seawater Desalination – with Technology Development in The Middle East and Singapore

Takeshi Matsuura and Dipak Rana, Industrial Membrane Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada
Mohamed Rasool Qtaishat, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Gurdev Singh, Centre of Innovation, Environmental & Water Technology, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore

Desalination Technology, Health, and Environment

Joseph Cotruvo, Joseph Cotruvo & Associates, LLC, Washington, DC, USA
Nikolay Voutchkov, Water Globe Consulting, LLC, Stamford, CN, USA
John Fawell, Consultant, Bucks, UK
Pierre Payment, INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Quebec, Canada
David Cunliffe, Dept. of Health Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Sabine Lattemann, Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Berlin, Germany