Current research revolves around trends to bring technology into harmony with the natural environment and in order to protect the ecosystem. Bioremediation involves processes which reduce the overall treatment costs by using agricultural residues. Regeneration of the biosorbent further increases the cost effectiveness of the process, thus warranting its future success in solving water quality problems. Special emphasis is paid to chemical modifications resulting in tailored novel biomaterials which improve its sorption efficiency and environmental stability. In this way it can be used commercially as a simple, fast, economical, ecofriendly green technology, for the removal of toxic metals from waste water particularly in rural and remote areas of the country.
| ISBN: | 9783642113284 |
| Publication date: | 12th May 2010 |
| Author: | Shalini Srivastava, Pritee Goyal |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 140 pages |
| Series: | Environmental Science and Engineering. Environmental Engineering |
| Genres: |
Pollution and threats to the environment Engineering applications of bio-materials Environmental chemistry Hydrology and the hydrosphere |