The bottled water industry is the second largest commercial beverage category by volume in the U.S. Nearly all bottled water sold in the US is sour...

This book provides an in-depth examination of sawdust and its potential uses and hazards. In chapter one, Yaning Zhang, Bingxi Li, Haochun Zhang, H...

During the next 10 years, many countries important to the United States will experience water problems (shortages, poor water quality, or floods) t...

Sequencing Batch Reactors: An Overview opens with the results of an investigation with the goal of determining the most suitable treatment for tann...

Sewage sludge is the product resulting from wastewater treatment plants and aquaculture systems. It is an abundant waste biomass, as its production...

Sewage is mainly a liquid waste containing some solids, produced by humans. It typically consists of washing water, faeces, urine, laundry waste an...

Water resources in the Middle East are barely enough to cope with human demand, and their scarcity is a matter of discussion in many conclaves. How...

Wastewater treatment plants usually generate millions of tons of sewage sludge every year. Sewage sludge results from the accumulation of solids fr...

River management faces many challenges world-wide including climate change, flood risks and the demand for more adaptive and 'ecosystem-based' syst...

This book summarises the up-to-date knowledge on different fractions of amino acids in soil, input of amino acids to soil from both dead and living...

This book summarises the up-to-date knowledge on different fractions of amino acids in soil, input of amino acids to soil from both dead and living...

Increasing concern about global climate change has led to growing interest in developing feasible methods to reduce the atmospheric levels of green...

Soil erosion is perceived as a major and widespread form of soil degradation and it has large environmental and economic impacts at different scale...

Soil fertility refers to the amount of nutrients in the soil, which is sufficient to support plant life. Soil fertility is critical in sustainable ...

Magnetic susceptibility (MS) is a measure that indicates to which degree a material is magnetizable and is directly related to the chemical compoun...

Soil is a resource which is a fundamental element of our ecosystem and when soil is degraded, it leads to the degradation of other components of th...

A high pH level of soil can deprive plants of certain nutrients and can also lead to toxicity. At high levels of toxicity, root growth can be inhib...

Due to the influence of many pressing factors such as the increased demand for food, scarcity of arable land and resources, and various environment...

Soil organic matter (SOM) is a key constituent of soil as it is a "revolving nutrient find" and improves soil structure, maintains crop production ...

Soil organic matter is the most important component of the ecosystem. As a product of transforming the organic residues under specific conditions i...

Soil pollution receives less attention when compared to air pollution and water pollution. However, soil pollution is grabbing more attention nowad...

Soil degradation and environmental pollution have a severe impact on human life. Every year, air pollution leads to over 2 million deaths. Exposure...

Since 1880, there has been a recorded increase of 0.8°C in the average global surface temperature, with a predicted rise by another 1.5°C in the ne...

Limited reserves of fossil fuels and their negative environmental effects impose significant problems in our energy security and sustainability. Co...