Wastewater Engineering: Issues, Trends, and Solutions
暫譯: 污水工程：議題、趨勢與解決方案

《廢水工程：問題、趨勢與解決方案》解釋了全球不同國家廢水的當前處理情況、廢水的特性，以及與廢水處理和處置/再利用相關的法規和規範。該書涵蓋了污水網絡的設計和理論，以及用於處理家庭廢水的各種傳統和先進處理技術。它概述了不同類型的新興污染物及其特性、生態影響、檢測/定量、處理技術和循環經濟。

特色：
- 概述全球當前的廢水處理情況
- 提供新興污染物來源的見解、取樣程序、可用的分析方法和可能的處理方式
- 回顧現有的廢水工程法規和廢水處置或再利用的標準
- 包括如何在循環經濟的背景下將廢水作為資源使用
- 描述廢水輸送和處理的基本原理

本書旨在針對廢水處理、水資源和環境工程的研究生和研究人員。

Ashok Kumar Gupta earned his PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. Currently, he is Professor (HAG) in the Environmental Engineering Division of the Civil Engineering Department and Ex-Head, School of Water Resources, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India. He has over 25 years of teaching, research, and professional experience in various aspects, such as water treatment, wastewater treatment and reuse, treatment of emerging and geogenic pollutants, and others. He is credited with more than 140 publications in top-ranking international journals and his publications have appeared in more than 9900 citations with a h-index of 52. He has also published a comprehensive book on titles Fluoride in Drinking Water: Status, Issues, and Solutions by CRC press. Dr. Gupta is a renowned technical consultant in the arena of environmental engineering, having more than 50 completed, ongoing R&D, or consultancy projects of national and international importance to his credit. He has also carried out 30 short-term courses/workshops on water supply systems and wastewater management and reuse and others. Dr. Gupta has been awarded a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (FNASc), and a Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST) in 2018, 2020, and 2021, respectively.

Venkatesh Uddameri earned his masters and doctoral degrees in civil engineering and environmental engineering, respectively, from the University of Maine, Orono, United States of America. Currently, he is Professor and Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, United States of America. He has over 25 years of teaching, research, and professional experience in various aspects of water resources and environmental engineering. A significant part of his research is focused on alternative sources of water, including but not limited to the use of brackish groundwater resources and the reuse of wastewater. He is interested in the development of mathematical tools for the design and analysis of water and environmental systems. He is a fellow of the American Water Resources Association and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Water Resources Association. His research has been funded by a variety of federal, state, and local agencies, and he has received awards for both research and teaching innovations.

Abhradeep Majumder is a budding researcher in the field of water and wastewater treatment through biological and advanced oxidation processes. He earned his M.Tech in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Environmental Engineering from National Institute of Technology Agartala, Agartala, India. Currently, he is Senior Research Scholar from the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India. His broad field of research is wastewater treatment. His research work is dedicated to the development of photocatalytic materials for degrading emerging organic contaminants present in wastewater and using mathematical modelling to describe their degradation process. He also has experience in the biological treatment of wastewater. His scientific contribution is marked by several publications on advanced oxidation processes, emerging contaminants, biological treatment, adsorption, and others in top-ranking international journals. He has 20 publications in top-ranking international journals and is credited with more than 800 citations with a h-index of 13.

Shripad K. Nimbhorkar earned his M.Tech in Environmental Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. He has more than 40 years of experience in the field of industrial water and wastewater treatment. He has worked with renowned industrial wastewater treatment solution companies. He has been the Associate Vice President at Kirloskar Consultants, Bangalore, India, and Reva Enviro Systems Private Ltd., Nagpur, India, between 1988 and 1995. He was also the General Manager of Biosystems India Ltd., Ahmedabad, India. Furthermore, Mr. Nimbhorkar had also held the position of Lecturer at Maulana Azad College, Aurangabad, India, and been an Environmental Management System Auditor. His field of interest is wastewater management, wastewater reuse, and the use of renewable energy in wastewater treatment.

Ashok Kumar Gupta 於印度孟買的印度理工學院（Indian Institute of Technology Bombay）獲得環境科學與工程博士學位。目前，他是印度卡拉格普爾的印度理工學院（Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur）土木工程系環境工程部的教授（HAG）及水資源學院的前院長。他在水處理、廢水處理與再利用、新興及地質污染物的處理等多個領域擁有超過25年的教學、研究和專業經驗。他在頂尖國際期刊上發表了超過140篇論文，這些論文的引用次數超過9900次，h-index為52。他還出版了一本由CRC出版社發行的綜合性書籍，題為《Fluoride in Drinking Water: Status, Issues, and Solutions》。Gupta博士是環境工程領域的知名技術顧問，擁有超過50個國內外重要的完成或進行中的研發或顧問項目。他還舉辦了30個有關水供應系統及廢水管理與再利用等的短期課程/研討會。Gupta博士於2018年、2020年和2021年分別獲得印度國家工程院院士（FNAE）、國家科學院院士（FNASc）及西孟加拉科學與技術學院院士（WAST）稱號。

Venkatesh Uddameri 於美國緬因州奧羅諾的緬因大學獲得土木工程及環境工程的碩士和博士學位。目前，他是美國德克薩斯州博蒙特的拉馬大學（Lamar University）土木與環境工程系的教授及講座教授。他在水資源和環境工程的各個方面擁有超過25年的教學、研究和專業經驗。他的研究重點之一是替代水源，包括但不限於鹹水地下水資源的使用和廢水的再利用。他對水和環境系統的設計與分析數學工具的開發感興趣。他是美國水資源協會的院士，並目前擔任《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》的主編。他的研究得到了多個聯邦、州和地方機構的資助，並因其研究和教學創新獲得多項獎項。

Abhradeep Majumder 是一位在生物和先進氧化過程中進行水和廢水處理的初出茅廬的研究者。他在印度阿加爾塔拉的國立技術學院（National Institute of Technology Agartala）獲得環境工程專業的土木工程碩士學位。目前，他是印度卡拉格普爾的印度理工學院環境科學與工程學院的高級研究學者。他的研究廣泛集中於廢水處理。他的研究工作致力於開發光催化材料，以降解廢水中存在的新興有機污染物，並使用數學建模來描述其降解過程。他在廢水的生物處理方面也有經驗。他的科學貢獻在於在頂尖國際期刊上發表了多篇有關先進氧化過程、新興污染物、生物處理、吸附等的論文。他在頂尖國際期刊上發表了20篇論文，並擁有超過800次的引用，h-index為13。

Shripad K. Nimbhorkar 於印度孟買的印度理工學院獲得環境科學與工程碩士學位。他在工業水和廢水處理領域擁有超過40年的經驗。他曾與知名的工業廢水處理解決方案公司合作。1988年至1995年間，他曾擔任印度班加羅爾的Kirloskar Consultants和印度納格浦爾的Reva Enviro Systems Private Ltd.的副總裁。他還曾擔任印度艾哈邁達巴德的Biosystems India Ltd.的總經理。此外，Nimbhorkar先生還曾在印度奧朗阿巴德的Maulana Azad College擔任講師，並擔任環境管理系統審核員。他的研究興趣包括廢水管理、廢水再利用及在廢水處理中使用可再生能源。