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The establishment of clean, safe water is one of the major challenges facing societies around the globe. The continued urbanization of human populations, the increasing manipulation of natural resources, and the resulting pollution are driving remarkable burden on water resources. Increasing demands for food, energy, and natural resources are expected to continue to accelerate in the near future in response to the demands of these changing human populations. In addition, the complexity of human activities is leading to a diversity of new chemical contaminants in the environment that represent a major concern for water managers. This will create increased pressure on both water quantity and quality, making it increasingly difficult to provide a sustainable supply of water for human welfare and activities.

Although protection of water resources is the best long-term solution, we will also need innovative novel approaches and technologies to water treatment to ensure an adequate superior quality resource to meet these needs. Solving tomorrow's water issues will require unique approaches that incorporate emerging new technologies.

Great advances have been made in the area of nanotechnology. Due to their unique physical and chemical properties, nanomaterials are extensively used in antibacterial medical products, membrane filters, electronics, catalysts, and biosensors. Nanoparticles can have distinctly different properties from their bulk counterparts, creating the opportunity for new materials with a diversity of applications. Recent developments related to water treatment include the potential use of carbon nanotubes, nanocompositae, nanospheres, nanofibers, and nanowires for the removal of a diversity of chemical pollutants. By exploiting the assets and structure of these new materials, such as increased surface area, high reactivity, and photocatalytic action, it will be possible to create technologies that can be very efficient at removing and degrading environmental pollutants. Understanding and using these unique properties should lead to innovative, cost-effective applications for addressing the complexities of emerging needs for water treatment and protection. Although still in the early stages, research into the application of nanotechnology shows great promise for solving some of these major global water issues. This comprehensive text describes the latest research and application methods in this rapidly advancing field.

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Preface

1. Application of nanomaterials in bio-electrochemical water treatment

Ram Prasad* and K. Thirugnanasanbandham

School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University

Department of Chemistry, State University of Maringa, Brazil

2. Nanomaterials in the development of biosensors. Application in the determination of pollutants in water

German A. Messina, Matias Regiart, Sirley V. Pereira, Franco A. Bertolino, Pedro R. Aranda, Julio Raba, Martin A. Fernandez Baldo*

Instituto de Quimica de San Luis (INQUISAL) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET) - Universidad Nacional de San Luis (UNSL), Chacabuco 917, D5700BWS, San Luis, Argentina.

3. Water and wastewater treatment using bioelectrochemical systems

Emre Oguz Koeroglu

Department of Environmental Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

4. New technologies to remove halides from water: An overview

J. Rivera-Utrilla1*, M. Sanchez-Polo1, A.M.S. Polo1, J.J Lopez-Penalver1, M.V. Lopez-Ramon2

1Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Granada, Campus Fuentenueva s/n, ES18071-Granada, Spain

2Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Experimental Science, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain

5. Clay-based nano-composites: Potential materials for water treatment applications

Rabia Nazir1*, Lubna Tahir1

1Applied Chemistry Research Centre, Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Laboratories Complex, Lahore, Pakistan

6. Silver nanoparticles as a biocide for water treatment applications

Renat R. Khaydarov1*, Olga Gapurova1, Ilnur Garipov1, Lutfi Firdaus2

1Institute of Nuclear Physics, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2University of Bengkulu, Indonesia

7. Emerging pollutants degradation using Fe-doped TiO2 under UV and visible light

Irwing M. Ramirez-Sanchez1*, Erick R. Bandala2,3

1Universidad de las Americas, Puebla. Sta. Catarina Martir, Cholula 72810 Puebla. Mexico

2Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, 89119-7363 Nevada, USA

3Graduate Program Hydrologic Sciences. University of Nevada, Reno. Reno, NV 89557, USA

8. Bionanocomposite materials based on titanium oxide/clay for waste water treatment

Soulaime chkirida, Nadia zari, Rachid Bouhfid*, Abou El Kacem Qaiss

Universite Mohammed V Rabat, Faculte des sciences, Av Ibn batouta BP 1014, Rabat, Morocco

9. Improvement of mechanical properties of hydro-thermal aged glass fiber reinforced polymer composites through nano-TiO2 and Al2O3

Ramesh Kumar Nayak1* and Bankim Chandra Ray2

1School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

2Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Rourkela, Odisha

10. Water pollution remediation techniques with special focus on adsorption

Sujata Mandal*, C. Muralidharan1, A.B. Mandal

CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai- 600 020

11. Electron-electron correlation in a spherical quantum dot for water management

A. Sivakami, Department of Physics, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Pachapalayam, Perur chettipalayam Post, Coimbatore-641010, India

12. Polymeric and metallic nano-composites for filtration of water

S. N. Kazi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

13. Nanotechnology Explored for the Water Purification

Laha2, J. Jagadanantha1, D. Biswas3 and S. Basak1*

1Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Adenwala Road, Matunga, Mumbai 400019

2Reliance Industry Ltd., Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai: 400701, India

3Indian Jute Industries Resaerch Association, Taratala, West Bengal: 700088

14. Nano-functionalized materials for effective oil-water treatment

Prakash M. Gore, Balasubramanian Kandasubramanian*

1Nano Surface Texturing Lab, Department of Materials Engineering, DIAT (DU), Ministry of Defence, Girinagar, Pune-411025, India

15. Immobilized nano catalysts for degradation of industrial wastewater

K.P. Gopinath1*, R.Goutham1, R. Badri Narayan1, B. Srikanth1

1Department of Chemical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Kalavakkam, Chennai- 603110, India

16. Application of nano-photocatalysts for disinfection of wastewater

K.P. Gopinath*, J. Arun, P. Sundar Rajan

1Department of Chemical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Kalavakkam, Chennai-603110, India

17. Oxide nanomaterials for efficient water treatment

AL Subramanian, Department of Physics, Thiagarajar College of Engineering , Madurai,Tamil Nadu 625015, India

18. Nanotechnology: An innovative way for waste water treatment and purification

Muhammad Rafique*, Iqra Sadaf, M. Bilal Ta

Department of Physics, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, India

19. Micro- and nano hollow spheres in heavy metal removals from water

Jayeeta Chattopadhyay1*, T.S. Pathak2

1Chemistry Department, Amity University Jharkhand, Ranchi, India

2Surendra Institute of Engineering and Management, Siliguri, West Bengal, India

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