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The Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater: Innovative Technologies and the Adaptation of Treatment Systems covers the various aspects of pharmaceutical sources, treatment technologies, their harmful effects on the natural environment, and new technological developments and upgrading of existing treatment systems. This book highlights the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) applied to treatment and resource recovery systems for pharmaceutical treatment. Case studies are included to enable fuller understanding of the practical aspects of treatment and modeling. This helpful guide is for civil and environmental engineers and researchers who want to understand the complex nature and treatment schemes for pharmaceutical wastewaters.
List of contents
. Introduction: Occurrences, sources, and methods of pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
2. Current situation of pharmaceutical wastewater in developed countries
3. Recent trends in graphene-based materials for pharmaceuticals wastewater treatment
4. Fate of common pharmaceuticals in the environment
5. Analytical techniques for the detection of pharmaceuticals in the environment
6. Treatment innovation using solar/UV
7. Treatment innovation using biological methods in combination with physical treatment methods
8. Application of hybrid advanced oxidation and adsorption processes for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
9. Microalgae-based bioremediation of pharmaceuticals wastewater
10. An overview of recent progress in membrane-based treatment for pharmaceutical wastewaters
11. Sustainable and ecofriendly treatment of pharmaceuticals wastewater
12. Natural polymer-based sustainable adsorbents for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
13. Innovative and eco-friendly technologies for the upgradation of pharmaceutical wastewater treatment processes
14. Biohazardous effect associated with various pharma-effluent discharge in a biotic system
About the author
Dr. Afzal Husain Khan works in the Civil and Architectural Engineering Department at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, and B.E. and M. Tech degrees from the Aligarh Muslim University, India. He is an academic editor of PLOS ONE, Advances in Civil Engineering (Wiley), Associate Editor in TEIEE, and Guest Editor in Elsevier/Springer/Frontiers journals. He has been involved in many funded projects under the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) in Saudi Arabia. He has 90+ peer-reviewed publications (h-index >30; >3000+ citations), 4 books (edited), 6 patents, and 5 book chapters to his credit.
Dr. Nadeem A Khan is currently working as an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Civil Engineering at King Khalid University, Abha,
Saudi Arabia. He worked at Mewat Engineering College as an Assistant
Professor from August 1, 2012, to February 23, 2022. He has submitted
his Ph.D. from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He also acted as
Academic Coordinator of the Civil Engineering department from 2014
to 2017. He is an editorial board member of Nature Journal - Scientific
Reports (IF=4.3) and a special issue editor of Springer Journal on Discover
Water. His recent accomplishments included 15 Coursera course
completion certificates. LWT India and GECL awarded them the Best
Young Scientist Award (Male) for their Scientific contribution to Environmental Engineering.
He has also served as an external examiner and paper setter at Integral University, Lucknow,
and Dehradun Technical University since 2013. Has got his M. Tech. (Civil Engineering) in
2011, and received Honors in Environmental Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University.
Mr. Khan was associated with the Ministry of Environment and Forest for two years as
a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in 2009-11 and also worked with UNICEF as a Research
Assistant (RA) on the topic ofGIS mapping andWater quality parameter estimation, including
monitoring of the Agra Region for six months in 2012. He has professional experience at DLFLaing’s
Rourke India Ltd as a Construction Engineer on an SEZ project in Gurgaon from
2008 to 2009. He qualified for the GATE examinations in 2010. His industry activity areas
were post-contract works, reconciliation, planning, and budgeting. His one chapter about
SBR wastewater treatment technology was recently published in Lenin Publication. He has
attended several conferences, workshops, seminars, and research projects, and has engaged
in various research endeavors. He has published 03 Books with International Publishers, 55
papers in SCI, and 15 in National journals. He has also published more than 10 patents in
Civil Engineering and water treatment. He is also active in social welfare activities. He is the
Joint Secretary of the Environmental Awareness Society, Environsense, which organizes over
25 events.Dr. Mu. Naushad is working as a full professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include wastewater treatment, adsorption, ion exchange, bioremediation, and photodegradation. Dr. Naushad is the author and coauthor of more than 500 refereed journal publications and several books, book chapters, and US patents.
Hamidi Abdul Aziz is a Professor in Environmental Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering of Universiti Sains Malaysia. Professor Aziz received his PhD degree in civil engineering (Environmental Engineering) from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland in 1992. He is a guest editor of the special issue on landfill leachate management and control of the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM). Professor Aziz currently serves as the Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Scientific Research in Environmental Sciences (IJSRES). He also serves as the Managing Editor of the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, IJEWM and the International of Journal of Environmental Engineering, IJEE. Professor Aziz's research focuses on alleviating problems associated with water pollution issues from industrial wastewater discharges and from solid waste management via landfilling, such as landfill leachate. Advanced oxidation processes is also one of his research focuses. In addition, he has strong interest in biodegradation and bioremediation of oil spills
