Chemistry and water : the science behind sustaining the world's most crucial resource /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2017] ©2017 |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 649 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11269490 |
| Summary: | <p>After air, water is the most crucial resource for human survival. To achieve water sustainability, we will have to deal with its scarcity and quality, and find ways to reclaim it from various sources. Chemistry and Water: The Science Behind Sustaining the World's Most Crucial Resource applies contemporary and sophisticated separation science and chromatographic methods to address the pressing worldwide concerns of potable water for drinking and safe water for irrigation to raise food for communities around the world.</p> <p>Edited and authored by world-leading analytical chemists, the book presents the latest research and solutions on topics including water quality and pollution, water treatment technologies and practices, watershed management, water quality and food production, challenges to achieving sustainable water supplies, water reclamation techniques, and wastewater reuse.</p> Explores the role water plays to assure our survival and maintain life Provides valuable information from world leaders in chemistry and water research Addresses water challenges and solutions globally to ensure sustainability |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 649 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780128096055 0128096055 9780128093306 0128093307 |