Part II Advanced Technologies for the Removal of Contaminants
of Emerging Concern
8 Reappraisal of Permeable Reactive Barrier as a Sustainable
Groundwater Remediation Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Alok Kumar Thakur and Manish Kumar
9 An Insight into Microbial Remediation of Hexavalent Chromium
from Contaminated Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Aliya Naz, Abhiroop Chowdhury, and Brijesh Kumar Mishra
10 Review on Trends in the Removal of Pharmaceuticals
and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) from Water
and Wastewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Suvendu Manna, Uttariya Roy, Anirban Biswas,
Shubhalakshmi Sengupta, Piyali Basak, and Papita Das
11 Nanotechnology: An Efficient Technique of Contaminated
Water Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tejaswini Sahoo, Jnana Ranjan Sahu, Jagannath Panda,
Madhuri Hembram, Sunil Kumar Sahoo, and Rojalin Sahu
12 Chlorophenols Dechlorination Water Treatment Using Ni-Iron
Bimetallic Systems: Implications of the Degree of Chlorination,
Nickel Coating, and Iron Oxide Phases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Buddhika Gunawardana, Naresh Singhal, and Peter J. Swedlund
13 Reigning Technologies and Their Challenges for Antibiotics
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Chandrashekhar Bhagat, Manish Kumar,
and Pranab Kumar Mohapatra
14 Antibiotic Resistance, Its Health Impacts and Advancements
in Their Removal Techniques with a Focus on Biological
Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Rajneesh Kumar, Payal Mazumder, and Mohammad Jawed
15 An Overview of Natural Water Contamination and Sustainable
Attenuation Techniques: Challenges and Opportunities . . . . . . . . . 349
Nivedita Pradhan, Santanu Mukherjee, and Manish Kumar
16 Fantastic Floating Weeds and How to Use Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Payal Mazumder, Jyoti, Ajay S. Kalamdhad,
and Meena Khwairakpam
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of Emerging Concern
8 Reappraisal of Permeable Reactive Barrier as a Sustainable
Groundwater Remediation Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Alok Kumar Thakur and Manish Kumar
9 An Insight into Microbial Remediation of Hexavalent Chromium
from Contaminated Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Aliya Naz, Abhiroop Chowdhury, and Brijesh Kumar Mishra
10 Review on Trends in the Removal of Pharmaceuticals
and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) from Water
and Wastewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Suvendu Manna, Uttariya Roy, Anirban Biswas,
Shubhalakshmi Sengupta, Piyali Basak, and Papita Das
11 Nanotechnology: An Efficient Technique of Contaminated
Water Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tejaswini Sahoo, Jnana Ranjan Sahu, Jagannath Panda,
Madhuri Hembram, Sunil Kumar Sahoo, and Rojalin Sahu
12 Chlorophenols Dechlorination Water Treatment Using Ni-Iron
Bimetallic Systems: Implications of the Degree of Chlorination,
Nickel Coating, and Iron Oxide Phases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Buddhika Gunawardana, Naresh Singhal, and Peter J. Swedlund
13 Reigning Technologies and Their Challenges for Antibiotics
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Chandrashekhar Bhagat, Manish Kumar,
and Pranab Kumar Mohapatra
14 Antibiotic Resistance, Its Health Impacts and Advancements
in Their Removal Techniques with a Focus on Biological
Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Rajneesh Kumar, Payal Mazumder, and Mohammad Jawed
15 An Overview of Natural Water Contamination and Sustainable
Attenuation Techniques: Challenges and Opportunities . . . . . . . . . 349
Nivedita Pradhan, Santanu Mukherjee, and Manish Kumar
16 Fantastic Floating Weeds and How to Use Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Payal Mazumder, Jyoti, Ajay S. Kalamdhad,
and Meena Khwairakpam
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