In this chapter, the physicochemical processes used in the treatment of aqueous streams such as domestic and industrial wastewaters, drinking water, contaminated groundwater, and aqueous residuals from soil treatment are ...

A batch complexation-ultrafiltration coupling process was studied at the laboratory level for pollutant removal and wastewater reuse from industrial wastewater containing lead (Pb^sup 2+^) ion (Zhang and Xu, 2003). Pb2+ ...

Increasing nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions over the fast developing regions have been of great concern due to their critical associations with the aggravated haze and climate change. However, little geographically specific ...

A recent study by the Environmental Working Group reported the detection of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) in tap water at 31 out of 35 states investigated in the United States. Even though Cr(III) is an essential element ...

The greatest concern over DDT exposure in China arose since the early 1990s for the rising breast cancer incidence, and the cause still remains to be elucidated. An extensive survey of DDT background in agricultural soils, ...

Bisphenol A analogues (BPAs) belong to a wide variety of large volume chemicals with diverse applications yet emerging environmental concerns. Limited experimental data have demonstrated that BPAs with different halogenation ...

Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), a military high explosive, is becoming an increasingly important pollutant in the US. The cleanup of RDX-contaminated soil and groundwater has been a serious challenge due to ...

Zhang et al. (2004a) explored the removal of two pesticides (atrazine and simazine) from different water matrices (distilled water, tap water and river water) by nanofiltration. The researchers found that rejection of ...

Sampling errors are generally believed to dominate the errors of analytical measurement during the entire environmental data acquisition process. Unfortunately, environmental sampling errors are hardly quantified and ...