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The features of hospital wastewater (HWW) are identical to domestic wastewater in general, but a subset of HWW includes toxic/nonbiodegradable/infectious contaminants. The hospital effluents include a wide range of chemicals utilized in medical, laboratory, and study settings, as well as patient excreta. Antibiotics, lipid inhibitors, among other medications and their metabolites are among the wastes. This book will help in understanding through the case studies from around the globe how to deal with HWW effectively, as well as help Governments to modify laws relating to it.
Preface
Chapter 1
Health risk associated with hospital effluents
Aarfa Queen, Mohammad Yusuf, Abdul Qadir and Sakina Aamir
Chapter 2
Pharmaceuticals measurements and estimation methods
Nastaran Mozaffari, Ştefan Ţălu, Niloofar Mozaffari, Mika Sillanpää, Viola Vambol and Sergij Vambol
Chapter 3
Occurrence of COVID-19 virus in hospital wastewater: treatment pathways and sustainability aspects
Biswajit Debnath, Ruchitha K. Birawat, Khushbu K. Birawat and Anisha Modak
Chapter 4
Bioremediation of pharmaceutical effluent by food industry and agricultural waste biomass
Parisa Ziarati, Maryam Mokhtarzadeh, Viola Vambol, Sergij Vambol, Barbara Sawicka, Alaa El Din Mahmoud and Nadeem A. Khan
Chapter 5
Case studies of hospital effluent in urban treatment plants of other countries (USA/Canada)
Ana G. Pazmino-Sosa, Nishana P. Ramsawak and Nastaran Mozaffari
Chapter 6
Groundwater contamination by hospital effluent with a focus on carbamazepine and sulfamethoxazole
María Alejandra Villa Arroyave, Mariana Gómez Ospina, María Alejandra Cruz Bolaños, Thiago Victor Medeiros do Nascimento and Jan Willem Foppen
Chapter 7
Case studies of hospital effluent in Ukraine urban treatment plants
Kravets Natalia and Trach Iryna
Chapter 8
Sri Lanka National Hospital (NHSL) wastewater treatment
Tino Christen Bogdana Marinova, Reto V. Schulthess and Roland Metzler
Chapter 9
Hospital wastewater treatment scenario in India
Rishi Rathi
Chapter 10
Hospital wastewater treatment in Nepal: Status, challenges and future perspectives (case studies of effluent management in Nepal)
Amrita Gautam, Krishna Ram Yendyo, Prabina Shrestha, Isha Manandhar, Sagar Kunwar, Sudan Panthi and Anish Ghimire
Interview Section
Rowe Michels, Rick McGregor, Shannon Spurlock
Index
Best Practice Guide on Control of Fluoride in Drinking Water
The purpose of this book is to create a knowledge base on best practices of fluoride control in drinking water systems from different parts of the world. Presence of high concentrations of...
Fate and Persistence of Pathogens Subjected to Disinfection
Disinfection of wastewater is a necessary treatment process for protecting the public from potential exposure to pathogenic microorganisms. Two common forms of disinfection are chlorine and...
Trace Organic Compound Indicator Removal During Conventional Wastewater Treatment
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Because of concerns related to public and aquatic health, there is increasing interest in evaluating occurrence and removal of trace organic...
Measuring Water Ingestion Among Water Recreators
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