Cet ouvrage offre une synthèse opérationnelle complète de toutes les techniques existantes de traitement des pollutions industrielles : - techniques d'assainissement des eaux résiduaires industrielles (épuration, chaînes de traitement) ; - traitement des boues issues de l'épuration (stabilisation, épaississement, conditionnement, déshydratation, séchage thermique, élimination finale) ; - techniques d'épuration de l'air (polluants dus aux procédés industriels, à la combustion, aux transports) ; - techniques de dépollution des sols (traitement in-situ, hors site, phytoremédiation, etc.) ; - valorisation, traitement et mise en décharge des déchets industriels. Dans chaque cas, il décrit la nature des sources de pollution, les méthodes de mesure puis les différentes techniques, en analysant leurs avantages et leurs limites, afin de permettre à chacun de choisir une solution adaptée à ses problèmes. Un outil de travail indispensable aux responsables environnement, directeurs industriels et chefs d'entreprise, ainsi qu'aux professionnels du traitement des pollutions.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Pollution of waters by toxic metals is accelerating worldwide due to industrial and population growth, notably in countries having poor environmental laws, resulting in many diseases such as cancer. Classical remediation techniques are limited. This books reviews new, advanced or improved techniques for metal removal, such as hybrid treatments, nanotechnologies and unconventional adsorbents, e.g. metal-organic frameworks. Contaminants include rare earth elements, arsenic, lead, cadmium, chromium, copper and effluents from the electronic, textile, agricultural and pharmaceutical industries.

The book is unique in highlighting the issue of wastewater as one of the important environmental issues. The uniqueness also lies in exploring the concepts of converting waste into resources in the form of bioenergy, biofertilizers through various biological methods. Given the international scenario, the chapters of this book are designed to include both anaerobic and aerobic methods of resource recovery from the industrial wastewater. The book is a step toward design with nature and the concept of green chemistry. Waste menace is one of the most voiced and unsolved problems in the entire world. The whole world is facing the threat of water pollution, soil pollution/ land pollution, odour pollution from the growing waste. Though we find many missions and programs at international, national, and regional level to solve the waste associated issues, this is mostly in context with the solid fraction of the waste. Very little is being done to manage the liquid part of the waste or what we call the wastewater. The conversion of wastewater has the potential to be converted to energy in the form bioenergy, bio-fertilizers, electricity, nutrient recovery, etc. The use of sludge as biofertilizers solves the problem of sludge management on the one hand and production of organic crops on the other. The biological treatment methods like sludge treatment gives the farmers the source of biofertilizers and organic manure for the plants. In the present scenario, energy crisis is also one of the issues that we are facing particularly in context with the thermal power plants which are environmentally highly polluting. Through various techniques like microbial fuel cells or biohydrogen, we get a source of cleaner energy. So, through this book, we try to produce the content and information to give the audience an understanding of the waste water as one of the environmental and health issues and mitigation strategies. The book gives a sufficient understanding of how waste can be turned into a resource.