A Water Quality Assessment of the Former Soviet Union. (1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Vitaly Kimstach, Michel Meybeck, Ellysar Baroudy.
• Editors: Kimstach, Vitaly; Meybeck, Michel; Baroudy, Ellysar
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 NATURAL WATER RESOURCES; 1.1 Landscape; 1.2 Geological structure; 1.3 Climate; 1.4 Main characteristics of water bodies; 1.5 Water resources; 1.6 Water balance; 1.7 Characteristics of river water regimes; 1.8 Suspended matter; 1.9 References; Appendix 1; Chapter 2 NATURAL COMPOSITION OF SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; 2.1 Rivers; 2.2 Lakes; 2.3 Groundwater; 2.4 References; Appendix 2; Chapter 3 WATER USE AND THE INFLUENCE OF ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; 3.1 Water use and its influence on water balance 3.2 Sources of pollution3.3 Pollution of groundwater; 3.4 Wastewater treatment; 3.5 Water legislation; 3.6 References; Chapter 4 WATER QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEMS; 4.1 General description; 4.2 Surface water quality; 4.3 Monitoring groundwaters; 4.4 Monitoring pollution sources; 4.5 Advantages and disadvantages; 4.6 References; Chapter 5 SALINISATION; 5.1 Main sources of salinisation of surface waters; 5.2 General salinisation trends in surface water; 5.3 The impact of irrigation on groundwater quality; 5.4 References; Chapter 6 EUTROPHICATION OF LAKES AND RESERVOIRS 6.1 The study of eutrophication6.2 Origins of lake eutrophication; 6.3 Biological indicators of anthropogenic eutrophication; 6.4 Rate of eutrophication; 6.5 Consequences of eutrophication; 6.6 References; Chapter 7 GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION BY NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; 7.1 Occurrence and control of nitrogen compounds; 7.2 Intensity of pollution with nitrogen compounds; 7.3 Spatial distribution of nitrogen; 7.4 Vertical variation of nitrogen compounds; 7.5 Phosphorus; 7.6 Conclusions; 7.7 References; Chapter 8 HEAVY METALS, NATURAL VARIABILITY AND ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS 8.1 Methods of sampling, sample preparation and analysis8.2 Trends in river and lake waters and bottom sediments; 8.3 Natural geographic variability in freshwater bodies and wetlands; 8.4 Water bodies exposed to extreme anthropogenic pollution; 8.5 Heavy metals in the aquatic food web; 8.6 Heavy metal trends in freshwater biota; 8.7 References; Appendix 8; Chapter 9 ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; 9.1 Chemical and biochemical oxygen demand; 9.2 Petroleum products; 9.3 Synthetic surfactants; 9.4 Phenols; 9.5 Pesticides; 9.6 Specific pollutants 9.7 Background contamination of surface waters and bottom sediments9.8 Case studies of organic pollution in selected water bodies; 9.9 References; Appendix 9; Chapter 10 MICROBIAL POLLUTION; 10.1 Microbiological indicators of water quality; 10.2 Microbial pollution of surface waters; 10.3 Microbial pollution of drinking water; 10.4 Seasonal dynamics of microbial water pollution; 10.5 Assessment of the epidemic potential of polluted water; 10.6 Assessment of combined effects of microbial and chemical pollution on human health
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.739/42/0947; Waterworks; Hydrology; Hydrology; Waterworks; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482272130
• Related ISBNs: 148227213X
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