1st Edition

Sustainable Water Management and Technologies, Two-Volume Set

Edited By Daniel H. Chen
    856 Pages 219 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Addressing two cornerstone areas in the field of water sustainability, management and technology, this two-volume set provides the most comprehensive coverage of the topic available. It presents best practices as a foundation and stresses emerging technologies and strategies that facilitate water sustainability for future generations. Timely water topics like unconventional oil and gas development, global warming with changing precipitation patterns, integration of water and energy sustainability, and green manufacturing are discussed. The first volume covers strategy and management issues, such as water resource planning, water resource supply systems and use patterns, policy making, and implementation of proper regulations as an integrated part of the solution or approach toward water sustainability. It discusses best management practices for water resource allocation, groundwater protection, and water quality assurance, especially for rural, arid, and underdeveloped regions of the world. The second volume covers cost-effective water treatment and reclamation technologies. Emphasis is placed on emerging nanotechnology, biotechnology, and information technology applications as well as sustainable processes and products to protect the environment and human health, save water and energy, and minimize material use.

    Sustainable Water Management

    Chapter 1 Water Quality Management

    Kevin Wagner, Lucas Gregory, and Allen Berthold

    Chapter 2 Water Monitoring and Diagnosis

    Kevin Urbanczyk

    Chapter 3 Sustainable Monitoring of Algal Blooms

    Hesam Zamankhan, Judy Westrick, Frank R. Anscombe,Richard Stumpf, Timothy T. Wynne, James Sullivan,

    Michael Twardowski, Timothy Moore, and Hyeok Choi

    Chapter 4 Groundwater Management (Aquifer Storage and Recovery, Overdraft)

    Dorina Murgulet

    Chapter 5 Reservoir System Management

    Ralph A. Wurbs

    Chapter 6 Sustainable Urban Water Management

    Willy Giron Matute, Mohamed K. Mostafa, Daniel Attoh,Ramesh C. Chawla, and Robert W. Peters

    Chapter 7 Water Management for Shale Oil and Gas Development

    Ross Tomson, Liwen Chen, and Peyton C. Richmond

    Chapter 8 Outreach Programs for Awareness of Water Resources Sustainability and Adoption of Best Management Practices

    Jennifer L. Peterson, Larry A. Redmon, and Mark L. McFarland

    Chapter 9 Water Scarcity in Developing Regions

    John Anthony Byrne, Pilar Fernandez-Ibanez,and Preetam Kumar Sharma

    Chapter 10 Perspectives on Managing Freshwater Systems for Sustainable Use

    Jeffrey A. Thornton, Walter Rast, and Hebin Lin

    Chapter 11 Climate Change and Future Water Supply

    John W. Nielsen-Gammon

    Chapter 12 Adapting Water Infrastructure to Nonstationary Climate Changes

    Jeff Yang

    Chapter 13 Integration of Water and Energy Sustainability

    Kelly T. Sanders and Carey W. King

    Chapter 14 Water, Energy, and Ecosystem Sustainability

    Cindy Loeffler, Leslie D. Hartman, and Daniel H. Chen

    Chapter 15 Optimum, Sustainable, and Integrated Water Management

    Tapas K. Das

    Index

    Sustainable Water Technologies

    Chapter 1 Water Transport

    Qin Qian

    Chapter 2 Groundwater Contaminant Transport Mechanisms and Pollution Prevention

    Dorina Murgulet

    Chapter 3 Groundwater Protection and Remediation

    Mohamed K. Mostafa, Jude O. Ighere, Ramesh C. Chawla, and Robert W. Peters

    Chapter 4 GIS, GPS, and Satellite Data

    Kevin Urbanczyk

    Chapter 5 Nanotechnology Applications

    Changseok Han, Bangxing Ren, Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda, George Em. Romanos, Polycarpos Falaras, Teik Thye Lim, Virender K. Sharma, Natalie Johnson, Pilar Fernandez‑Ibanez, John Anthony Byrne, Hyeok Choi, Rachel Fagan, Declan E. McCormack, Suresh C. Pillai, Cen Zhao, Kevin O’Shea, and Dionysios D. Dionysiou

    Chapter 6 Industrial Water Usage and Wastewater Treatment/Reuse

    Tapas K. Das

    Chapter 7 Wastewater Treatment, Reuse, and Disposal

    Mohamed K. Mostafa, Ramesh C. Chawla, and Robert W. Peters

    Chapter 8 Wastewater Treatment and Disposal for Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

    Liwen Chen, Peyton C. Richmond, and Ross Tomson

    Chapter 9 Membrane Technology for Water Purification and Desalination

    Saqib Shirazi and Che-Jen Lin

    Chapter 10 Biotechnology for Water Sustainability

    Ingo Wolf and Yen Wah Tong

    Chapter 11 Biodegradation/Bioremediation for Soil and Water

    Siddharth Jain and Yen Wah Tong

    Chapter 12 Sustainable Manufacturing and Water Sustainability

    Liwen Chen, Zexin Tian, and Helen Lou

    Biography

    Daniel H. Chen is professor at the Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering and holds the title of University Professor and University Scholar at Lamar University. He is the director of the Photocatalysis Lab and deputy director of the Process Engineering Center. Dr. Chen’s areas of expertise are air/water pollution, nanostructured catalytic materials, and process modeling. He has published 4 book chapters and 37 articles and has given numerous presentations throughout the United States and worldwide. Since 2006, he has worked on a series of field sampling and water treatment projects aimed at improving the water quality of the Rio Grande Basin in south Texas. Dr. Chen holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University. Dr. Chen has previously served as a shift supervisor in Hualon-Teijin Polyester Plant, Taiwan, as a project engineer at Chemical Engineering Consultants, Inc., Stillwater, Oklahoma, as a US Department of Energy research fellow at the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, West Virginia, and as a US Army/Battelle faculty associate at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. He also has served as session chair/co-chair of Sustainable Water Use and Management, Reaction Engineering for Combustion and Pyrolysis, and Liquid Phase Reaction Engineering at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Dr. Chen is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas.

    "A very well written and arranged, easy to read reference book by notable experts in the subject of water management and technology for sustainability."
    — Dickson Ozokwelu, US Department of Energy, Bowie, Washington, D.C., USA

    "The two-volume set Sustainable Water Management and Technologies, edited and compiled by Daniel Chen, covers a broad spectrum of current-day issues and challenges in water resource management and stewardship arising from increased demand for energy, food, and water, and the rapid expansion of new technologies for energy production via Shale gas and unconventional hydrocarbons. Topics include current best practices for water purification and management, plus emerging developments in nano and biotechnology, as well as advanced separations to address future needs. It is what a handbook should be, a go-to reference set to provide background and grounding for a highly important area of science and technology."
    — Joseph B. Powell, Shell, Houston, Texas, USA