Clean Soil and Safe Water [Paperback]

This book addresses questions of relevance to governments and industry in many countries around the world, in particular concerning the link between contaminated-land-management programs and the protection of drinking water resources and the potential effects of climate changes on the availability of these same resources. On the problem side, it reports and analyzes methodologies and experiences in monitoring and characterization of drinking water resources (at basin, country and continental scales), pollution prevention,? assessment of background quality and of impacts on safety and public health from land and water contamination and impacts of climate change. On the solution side, the book presents results from national cleanup programs, recent advances in research into groundwater and soil remediation techniques, treatment technologies, research needs and information sources, land and wastewater management approaches aimed at the protection of drinking water.

Part I? - Assessment and Climate Change.- Limitations and Challenges of Wastewater Reuse in Israel; Brenner A.-?Research of Physical-Chemical Parameters of Water Quality in Drinking (Tap) Water in Tbilisi City (the Largest Settlement in Georgia) and its Close Regions; Kekelidze N.P. et al.- Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources Management with Particular Emphasis on Southern Italy; Vurro M.? et al.-A Geochemical Assessment of Surface Water Quality as a Tool? for Indication of Geogenic and Man-made Constituents of Pollution; Nalbandyan M. A. .- Risk-based Approach to Contaminated Land and Groundwater Assessment: Two Case Studies; Wcislo E. et al.-? Comparative Measurements of Radon Content in Tap Water of Cities Tbilisi and Rustavi; Kekelidze N.P.? et al.- Manganese and Sulphate? Background in Groundwater at Portoscuso (Sardinia): a Tool for Water Management in a Large Contaminated Area; Vecchio A. et al.- Contaminated Sites in Well Head Protection Areas: Methodology of Implób