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Microbial Wastewater Treatment

  • 1st Edition - June 12, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Maulin P. Shah, Susana Rodriguez-Couto
  • Language: English

Microbial Wastewater Treatment focuses on the exploitation of microorganisms as decontaminating tools to treat polluted wastewater, a worldwide concern. Microorga… Read more

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Description

Microbial Wastewater Treatment focuses on the exploitation of microorganisms as decontaminating tools to treat polluted wastewater, a worldwide concern. Microorganism-based processes are seen as promising technologies to treat the ever-increasing problem of polluted wastewater. The book covers recently developed process technologies to solve five major trends in the field of wastewater treatment, including nutrient removal and recovery, trace organic compounds, energy saving and production, sustainability and community involvement.

Key features

  • Illustrates the importance of microorganisms in wastewater treatment
  • Points out the reuse of the treated wastewater
  • Highlights the recovery of resources from wastewater
  • Pays attention to the occurrence of novel micro-pollutants
  • Introduces new trends in wastewater technology

Readership

Process Engineers, scientists and managers who require an introduction to the principles of microbial wastewater treatment.Different professionals working or interested in the microbial wastewater treatment field.Students on Environmental Biotechnology

Table of contents

1. Microbial Removal of N and P from Wastewater2. Energy and Value-added Products Recovery during Wastewater Treatment3. Microbial Treatment of Industrial Wastewater (azo dye, heavy metals, organic solvents, oil, etc)4. Microbial Treatment of Micro pollutants in Wastewater5. Microbial Ecology of Wastewater Treatment

Review quotes

"A wide range of applications microorganisms in biotechnology shows their enormous importance in the environment and the possibilities of beneficial application for man and his environment. The book also contains a lot of valuable information enabling not only to assess the possibility of using specific microorganisms for many tasks, but also to determine the optimal conditions for their existence. The book can be recommended to researchers and students interested in environmental engineering, microbiology and biotechnology. This is a good and cognitively valuable scientific position."—Przemysl Chemiczny

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 13, 2019
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Maulin P. Shah

Dr. Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and microbial biotechnologist with diverse research interest. His primary interest is the environment, the quality of our living resources and the ways that bacteria can help to manage and degrade toxic wastes and restore environmental health. Consequently, His work has been focused to assess the impact of industrial pollution on microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation dependant and cultivation independent analysis.

Affiliations and expertise
Environmental Microbiology Consultant, Gujarat, India

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Susana Rodriguez-Couto

Susana Rodríguez-Couto is a professor in biological water treatment at LUT University, Finland. She got her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry (Industrial Chemistry) from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1992 and her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1999 from the University of Vigo, obtaining the maximal grade (magna cum laude) and, in addition, she was awarded with the Extraordinary Prize for Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry. She worked as an Associate Professor and an Isidro Parga Pondal Senior Researcher at the University of Vigo (2000-2004), as a Ramón y Cajal Senior Researcher at Rovira i Virgili University (2004-2008) and as an Ikerbasque Research Professor (2009-2019). She has also worked as an Invited Researcher at the Institute from Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology (Austria) and at the Department of Biological Engineering, University of Minho (Portugal). In 2008, she received the I3 Professor from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education to the recognition of an outstanding research activity. She has published more than 140 articles in highly reputed international journals (h index 42). She is editor of several journals (3Biotech, Frontiers) and 14 Elsevier books.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor (Biological Water Treatment), Department of Separation Science, LUT School of Engineering Science, LUT University, Finland

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