Biological Control of Water Pollution

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Biological Control of Water Pollution

Edited by: Joachim Tourbier and Robert W. Pierson, Jr.
Preface by: Edward W. Furia

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2016

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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Introduction
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Edward W. Furia

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Part I. A Rationale for the Biological Approach
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1. Biological Alternatives to Water Pollution
7
Ian L. McHarg

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2. The Economy, Energy, and Clean Water Legislation
13
Edmund S. Muskie

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3. The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974: A Call for Action
19
Paul Rogers

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4. The Protection and Improvement of the World's Drinking Water Quality
23
Thomas A. Lambo

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5. An Environmental Overview
31
William D. Ruckelshaus

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Part II. Limnological Overview
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6. Overview of Aquatic Ecosystems
39
Ruth Patrick

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7. Nutrient Cycles in Natural Systems: Microbial Involvement
41
Thomas L. Bott

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8. The Role of Aquatic Plants in Aquatic Ecosystems
53
Ruth Patrick

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Part III. Drinking Water Problems
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9. Carcinogenic Organic Chemicals in Drinking Water
63
Robert H. Harris

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10. Potential Carcinogenic Hazards Due to Contaminated Drinking Water
73
Samuel S. Epstein

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11. Groundwater: Fact, Fiction, and Future
85
JayH. Lehr and Wayne A. Pettyjohn

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12. Comments on the History and Economics of Micropollutants in Drinking Water
91
Walter A. Lyon

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13. Sudanese Native Methods for the Purification of Nile Water During the Rood Season
95
Samia Al Azharia Jahn

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Part IV. Biological Treatment of Wastewater
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14. Macrophytes and Water Purification
109
Kathe Seidel

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15. The Potential of Submersed Vascular Plants for Reclamation of Wastewater in Temperate Zone Ponds
123
Clarence D. McNabb

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16. The Purification of Wastewater with the Aid of Rush or Reed Ponds
133
Joost de Jong

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17. Application of Vascular Aquatic Plants for Pollution Removal, Energy, and Food Production in a Biological System
141
B. C. Wolverton, R. M. Barlow and R. C. McDonald

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18. Land Treatment of Wastewater by Overland Flow for Improved Water Quality
151
P. G. Hunt and C. R. Lee

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19. Experimental Use of Emergent Vegetation for the Biological Treatment of Municipal Wastewater in Wisconsin
161
Frederic Spangler, William Sloey and C. W. Fetter

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20. The Potential Use of Freshwater Tidal Marshes in the Management of Water Quality in the Delaware River
173
Dennis F. Whigham and Robert L. Simpson

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21. The Use of Bulrushes for Livestock Feed
187
B. Pomoell

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22. The Use of Sawgrass for Paper Product Manufacture: An Examination of Properties
191
Ludwig Rudescu

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23. Waste Reclamation in an Integrated Food Chain System
197
Joel C. Goldman and John H. Ryther

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24. Aquaculture as an Alternative Wastewater Treatment System
215
R. Leroy Carpenter, Mark S. Coleman and Ron Jarman

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25. A Proposed Integrated Biological Wastewater Treatment System
225
Ray Dinges

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26. Sewage Treatment by Controlled Eutrophication Using Algae and Artemia
231
Norman M. Trieff, Rebecca Hinton, Glen J. Stanton, J. Glen Songer and Dov Grajcer

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27. Interference by Blue-Green Algae with Nutrient Recovery in Water Quality Control Schema: Management Implications
241
K. Irwin Keating

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28. The Use of Bacteria to Reduce Clogging of Sewer Lines by Grease in Municipal Sewage
245
Nazir Baïg

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29. The Use of the Oxidation Ditch in the United States as a Means of Treating Liquid Waste
253
H. Orin Haluorson

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Part V. Biological Treatment and Aquifer Recharge
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30. Improvement of Wastewater Quality by Movement Through Soils and Aquifers
259
Herman Bouwer

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31. Renovation of Municipal Wastewater for Groundwater Recharge by the Living Filter Method
269
Herman Bouwer

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32. Numerical Models in Groundwater Management
283
Irwin Remson

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33. The Combination of Biological and Chemical Treatment at the Krefeld Water Treatment Works
287
Walter Czerwenka and Käthe Seidel

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34. Water Quality Aspects of Well Recharge with Reclaimed Water, Bay Park, New York
295
John Vecchioli

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35. EPA's Response to the Need for Encouragement of Alternative Waste Treatment Techniques
303
Michael Grauitz

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36. Notes on the Implementation of Alternatives
313
Charles Frankenhoff

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37. Legal and Political Restraints to Implementation of Novel Systems
317
William M. Eichbaum

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38. Implementation of Water Quality Plans
323
Allen V. Kneese

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39. Implications of Biological Control of Water Pollution Proposals to the Developing Countries
329
Harold Shipman

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Acknowledgments
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Index
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Biological Control of Water Pollution

Overview

About this book

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Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Biological Alternatives to Water Pollution

2. The Economy, Energy, and Clean Water Legislation

3. The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974: A Call for Action

4. The Protection and Improvement of the World's Drinking Water Quality

5. An Environmental Overview

6. Overview of Aquatic Ecosystems

7. Nutrient Cycles in Natural Systems: Microbial Involvement

8. The Role of Aquatic Plants in Aquatic Ecosystems

9. Carcinogenic Organic Chemicals in Drinking Water

10. Potential Carcinogenic Hazards Due to Contaminated Drinking Water

11. Groundwater: Fact, Fiction, and Future

12. Comments on the History and Economics of Micropollutants in Drinking Water

13. Sudanese Native Methods for the Purification of Nile Water During the Rood Season

14. Macrophytes and Water Purification

15. The Potential of Submersed Vascular Plants for Reclamation of Wastewater in Temperate Zone Ponds

16. The Purification of Wastewater with the Aid of Rush or Reed Ponds

17. Application of Vascular Aquatic Plants for Pollution Removal, Energy, and Food Production in a Biological System

18. Land Treatment of Wastewater by Overland Flow for Improved Water Quality

19. Experimental Use of Emergent Vegetation for the Biological Treatment of Municipal Wastewater in Wisconsin

20. The Potential Use of Freshwater Tidal Marshes in the Management of Water Quality in the Delaware River

21. The Use of Bulrushes for Livestock Feed

22. The Use of Sawgrass for Paper Product Manufacture: An Examination of Properties

23. Waste Reclamation in an Integrated Food Chain System

24. Aquaculture as an Alternative Wastewater Treatment System

25. A Proposed Integrated Biological Wastewater Treatment System

26. Sewage Treatment by Controlled Eutrophication Using Algae and Artemia

27. Interference by Blue-Green Algae with Nutrient Recovery in Water Quality Control Schema: Management Implications

28. The Use of Bacteria to Reduce Clogging of Sewer Lines by Grease in Municipal Sewage

29. The Use of the Oxidation Ditch in the United States as a Means of Treating Liquid Waste

30. Improvement of Wastewater Quality by Movement Through Soils and Aquifers

31. Renovation of Municipal Wastewater for Groundwater Recharge by the Living Filter Method

32. Numerical Models in Groundwater Management

33. The Combination of Biological and Chemical Treatment at the Krefeld Water Treatment Works

34. Water Quality Aspects of Well Recharge with Reclaimed Water, Bay Park, New York

35. EPA's Response to the Need for Encouragement of Alternative Waste Treatment Techniques

36. Notes on the Implementation of Alternatives

37. Legal and Political Restraints to Implementation of Novel Systems

38. Implementation of Water Quality Plans

39. Implications of Biological Control of Water Pollution Proposals to the Developing Countries

Acknowledgments

Index

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