Recent Developments in Forward Osmosis Processes
Forward osmosis (FO) is an emerging membrane technology with a range of possible water treatment applications (desalination and wastewater treatment and recovery).
Recent Developments in...
Twort's Water Supply, 7th Edition
Twort's Water Supply, Seventh Edition, provides the latest tools and techniques to meet engineering challenges over dwindling natural resources. The book has expanded coverage of waste...
Identification of the ‘Active’ Fraction and Metabolic Pathways in Trace Organic Contaminants Removal Using Stable Isotope Probing
The widespread presence of trace organic contaminants (TOrC), such as the endocrine disrupting compound bisphenol-A (BPA), has been cause for growing concern due to persistence in the environment...
Risks from Ebola Discharge from Hospitals to Sewer Workers
Current World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance for the disposal of liquid waste from patients undergoing treatment for Ebola virus disease at hospitals...
Potable Reuse for Inland Locations: Pilot Testing Results from a New Potable Reuse Treatment Scheme – Potable Reuse Investigation in Tucson, AZ
A dual-membrane treatment approach for potable reuse that includes microfiltration (MF), reverse osmosis (RO), and ultraviolet advanced oxidation (UVAOP) has been used at a number of full-scale...
Database of Permitting Practices for Seawater Concentrate Disposal
Permitting the disposal of concentrate and other waste streams is often one of the most challenging tasks associated with the development and implementation of desalination projects. This study...
Guidelines for Engineered Storage for Direct Potable Reuse
Direct potable reuse (DPR) is the planned introduction of recycled water either directly into a public water system or into a raw water supply immediately upstream of a water treatment plant. DPR...
Emerging Energy Reducing Technologies for Desalination Applications
The purpose of this project was to independently evaluate two emerging desalination technologies that showed promise for at least 10 to 15% savings in specific energy consumption (SEC) during...
The Perfect Slime: Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS)
The Perfect Slime presents the latest state of knowledge and a wide range of aspects of the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) matrix – from the ecological and health to the...
Rational Design of Next-generation Nanomaterials and Nanodevices for Water Applications
Despite the fact that nanotechnology has been present for a few decades, there is a big gap between how nanotechnology is perceived and what nanotechnology can truly offer in all sectors of water...