Advances in Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology

This book highlights the several pollutants and their derivatives that exist in water and wastewater, such as pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, personal care products, heavy metals, pesticides, dyes etc., as a result of rapid urbanization and industrialization. Several part pollution is caused by nutrients, organics, and contaminants with low concentration but is highly toxic to human and aquatic environment. This book provides a  holistic approach in terms of measurement, monitoring, and recent advances in treatment technologies for water and wastewater treatment and water reuse. The technologies involve the physio-chemical, biological and advanced oxidation processes in which they are modified or coupled with nanomaterials and/or newly developed products for improving the performance of the current treatment processes. In addition, the membrane processes include recent research on the removal of challenging chemicals by various membrane bioreactors and reverse osmosis processes.

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Suleman Tahir has served as the Dean of Engineering Faculty, University of Gujrat and brings with him vast experience of 25 years in the public and private sector. Besides doing a Post Doc & PhD in Chemical Engineering from Graz University of Technology Austria, he is a renowned national and international speaker. He is an author of various books & book chapters and several national and international research articles.  He is a strong advocate of academia and industry linkage with proven and tangible gains for academia from the Chamber of Commerce Sialkot and other stakeholders of society. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Suleman is an innovative team leader and motivator with strong team oriented management skills that promote team’s personal development and productivity with KPIs.

Dr. Muhammad Sagir has over 15 years of research experience in the field of oil and gas, enhanced oil recovery, surfactants, and photocatalysis. In this period he has been working in Malaysia and Pakistan. He is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, at the KFUEIT and is involved in 4 different research projects as PI, Co-PI and collaborator. He has also been part of a number of research projects completed in various capacities.