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...

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 ...

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...

Solid waste is any garbage or refuse from industrial, commercial, agricultural or community activities. This book provides leading edge research on...

Despite significant improvements in pollution abatement and environmental remediation over the past several decades, billions of people around the ...

During combustion of fossil fuels soot particles form as a by-product when a sufficient amount of oxygen is not present to yield a complete convers...

Human activities around the world are producing increasingly large quantities of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2), resulting fro...

The Ghana's rocky shore is unique along the Gulf of Guinea from Cote d'Ivoire to western Cameroon (West Africa). This suggests the existence of spe...

Species diversity is an index that incorporates the number of species in an area and also their relative abundance. Since species diversity is cent...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the ecology, management and conservation of spruce. Topics discussed include Nor...

Stormwater Sources, Monitoring and Management is a unique book that identifies sources of stormwater, evaluates stormwater control and monitoring t...

In recent years there has been increasing interest in the use of water resources generated within the urban boundary for potable supply substitutio...

Sulphur dioxide is widely used in many industrial areas, for example in the production of sulphuric acid, and also as a reducing, bleaching, refrig...