Book Description:
Water quality is the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water. It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards against which compliance can be assessed. The most common standards used to assess water quality relate to drinking water, safety of human contact, and for health of ecosystems. The vast majority of surface water on the planet is neither potable nor toxic. This remains true even if sea water in the oceans (which is too salty to drink) isn't counted. Another general perception of water quality is that of a simple property that tells whether water is polluted or not. In fact, water quality is a very complex subject, in part because water is a complex medium intrinsically tied to the ecology of the Earth. Industrial pollution is a major cause of water pollution, as well as runoff from agricultural areas, urban stormwater runoff and discharge of treated and untreated sewage (especially in developing countries). This new book gathers the latest research from around the globe in this field.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. The Physical and Chemical Characterization of Some Ground and Surface Waters in São Paulo State, Brazil; pp. 1-41
(Daniel Marcos Bonotto, Departamento de Petrologia e Metalogenia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Câmpus de Rio Claro, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil)

Chapter 2. Microbial Quality of Freshwater Ecosystems of South America; pp. 43-69
(Adriana Oliveira Medeiros, Carlos Augusto Rosa, Luciana Rocha Brandão, Alessandra Giani, Lenora Nunes Ludolf Gomes & Diego Libking, Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Department of Botanic, Biological Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 3. Integrated Multilayered “Electronic Tongue” for In-Situ Water Quality Monitoring; pp. 71-96
(Dr. Serge Zhuiykov, Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Materials Science and Engineering Division, Victoria, Australia)

Chapter 4. A Review of BWR Coolant Technology Development; pp. 97-124
(Chien C. Lin, Nuclear Science and Technology Development Center, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

Chapter 5. Domestic Wastewater Pollutant Discharge and Pollutant Load and Water Quality in the Ambient Water in Developed and Developing Countries; pp. 125-164
(Yoshiaki Tsuzuki, Toyo University, Gunma, Japan)

Chapter 6. Water Quality Monitoring from Shallow Wells in Malawi: Case Study 2005-2007; pp. 165-186
(M. Pritchard, T. Mkandawire, J.G. O’Neill, A. S. Edmondson, and T. Craven, Leeds Metropolitan University, School of the Built Environment, Leeds, UK, and others)

Chapter 7. High Performance Mg/Al Layered Double Hydroxide Anionic Clay for Effective Removal of Dissolved Humic and Fulvic Acids; pp. 187-200
(Sri Juari Santosa and Eko Sri Kunarti, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Math. and Natural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

Chapter 8. Water Quality:Impacts Of Agriculture; pp. 201-209
(Marc Ribaudo And Robert Johansson)*

Chapter 9. Assessing the impacts of Broiler Litter Application on Surface Water Quality; pp. 211-235
(Matthew W. McBroom, J.Leon Young, Assistant Professor of Forest Hydrology, Stephen F. Austin State Univ. Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture)*

Chapter 10. Macrophytes as Indicators of the Quality and Ecological Status of Waterbodies and for use in Removing Nutrient and Metals; pp. 237-259
(Thiébaut G., Laboratoire Interactions Ecotoxicité, Université Paul Verlaine de Metz, France)

Index pp.261-277