"Water Quality" ed. by Hlanganani Tutu

This book delves into some approaches that are used to understand and/or to improve water quality, and these include assessment of water chemistry, biomonitoring, modelling and water treatment. This book will be useful to environmental scientists, water professionals, researchers, academics and students.

As concerns increase over the scarcity of water resources and the role of anthropogenic activities, water quality is evermore important. Activities ranging from agriculture to mining have had a bearing on the quality of water that they impact. Several studies assessing such impacts have been conducted at local and global scales over the years.

Contents
Preface
1 Ecosystem Approach to Managing Water Quality
2 Macroinvertebrates and Fishes as Bioindicators of Stream Water Pollution
3 Calibrating and Validating the Biomonitoring Working Party (BMWP) Index for the Bioassessment of Water Quality in Neotropical Streams
4 Metals Toxic Effects in Aquatic Ecosystems: Modulators of Water Quality
5 Biofloc Technology (BFT): A Tool for Water Quality Management in Aquaculture
6 Modelling Impact of Adjusted Agricultural Practices on Nitrogen Leaching to Groundwater
7 Modeling Agricultural Land Management to Improve Understanding of Nitrogen Leaching in an Irrigated Mediterranean Area in Southern Turkey
8 Identification of Seawater Quality by Multivariate Statistical Analysis in Xisha Islands, South China Sea
9 Relationship between Land Use and Water Quality and its Assessment Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Mid- Atlantic Estuaries
10 Review of the Impact on Water Quality and Treatment Options of Cyanide Used in Gold Ore Processing
11 A Comparative Study of Modified and Unmodified Algae (Pediastrum boryanum) for Removal of Lead, Cadmium and Copper in Contaminated Water
12 Aspects on the Accumulation of Trace Metals in Various Environmental Matrices (Water, Soil, Plant and Sediments): Case Study on Catchment Area of the Somes River, Romania
13 Formulating Specific Water Quality Criteria for Lakes: A Malaysian Perspective
14 Integrated Approaches in Water Quality Monitoring for River Health Assessment: Scenario of Malaysian River
15 Assessment of Impacts of Acid Mine Drainage on Surface Water Quality of Tweelopiespruit Micro-Catchment, Limpopo Basin
16 The Behaviour of Natural and Artificial Radionuclides in a River System: The Yenisei River, Russia as a Case Study
17 Processes and the Resulting Water Quality in the Medium-Size Turawa Storage Reservoir after 60-Year Usage
18 Impact of Wastewater on Surface Water Quality in Developing Countries: A Case Study of South Africa