Water Purification

Water Purification, a volume in the Nanotechnology in the Food Industry series, provides an in-depth review of the current technologies and emerging application of nanotechnology in drinking water purification, also presenting an overview of the common drinking water contaminants, such as heavy metals, organics, microorganisms, pharmaceuticals, and their occurrences in drinking water sources.

As the global water crisis has motivated the industry to look for alternative water supplies, nanotechnology presents significant potential for utilizing previously unacceptable water sources. This books explores the practical methodologies for transforming water using nanotechnologies, and is a comprehensive reference to a wide audience of food science research professionals, professors, and students who are doing research in this field.

• Includes the most up-to-date information on nanotechnology applications and research methods for water purification and treatment
• Presents applications of nanotechnology and engineered nanomaterials in drinking water purification to improve efficiency and reduce cost
• Provides water purification research methods that are important to water quality, including precipitation, adsorption, membrane separation, and ion exchange
• Covers the potential risks of nanotechnology, such as the toxicological effects of engineered nanomaterials in water and how to minimize risks based on research studies

Contenu

1. Recent Advances in Manufacturing Magnetic Materials for Environmental Applications
   
   2. Applications of nanotechnology methods in waste water treatment
   3. Scientometric overview regarding water nanopurification
   4. Nanotechnology for drinking water purification
   5. The role of nanostructured materials in improving water quality: Introduction on emerging technologies
   6. Nanotechnology cost-effective filters for drinking water purification in developing countries
   7. Development of magnetic nanoparticles for fluoride and organic matter removal from drinking water
   8. Microorganisms: new trends in environmentally-friendly and energy-saving water purification
   9. Polymeric materials for metal sorption from hydric resources
   10. Photocatalytic degradation and adsorption techniques involving nanomaterials for biotoxins removal from drinking water
   11. Nanotechnology based membrane separation process for drinking water purification
   12. Water purification - Fate of antibiotics during water treatment: impact on antimicrobial resistance in environmental and clinical strains
   13. Nanostructurated membranes for the microbiological purification of drinking water
   14. Gold nanoparticles: advances in water purification approaches
   15. Application of nanomaterials for treatment of food processing wastewater
   16. Nanocomposite filtration membranes for drinking water purification
   17. Nanotechnology depollution of heavy metals present in potable water
   18. Application of nanotechnology, nanofiltration and drinking and wastewater treatment - a vision for the future
   19. The ecological significance of microbial biofilms for the aquatic environment and water quality
   20. Removal of Lead Ions from Water and Wastewaters Electrochemically