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Our environment is undergoing drastic changes owing to multitude of human interventions. Such interventions create varying magnitude of pollution and environmental issues. Understanding the dynamics of environmental changes is critical to halting and reversing such environmental and human vulnerability. It is imperative to sustainably manage these situations for better livelihood conditions. The book is a peer reviewed edited volume that explores some of these issues. The contributors of this book share their exposure to the environmental problems especially those related to environmental pollution and remediation in different ecosystems. Bio-remediation for resource enrichment, strategies for mitigating environmental pollution issues and challenges in sustainable management of water resources are the main focus themes in this book.

In the Bio-remediation section different methods of physico-chemical and biological removal of the pollutants and recovery of the resources have been discussed. These studies are based on laboratory as well as field experiments in different ecosystems. The environmental pollution section discusses the different pathways of pollutant movement and environmental hazards including the loss of biodiversity. These studies suggest strategies to overcome these environmental issues. The section on Management of Water Resources explores different hydrological conditions emanating from misuse and mismanagement of surface and underground water resources. This section also showcases various technologies including modeling geospatial and other tools to assess such conditions. The book presents numerous field based research studies in different geo-environmental settings. The emphasis is on highlighting the methodological approaches to tackle different environmental problems. The book is a reference base for researchers, academicians, environmentalists and planners in particular who are interested in finding sustainable solutions to the challenging environmental issues and problems.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Management of water resources: challenges for sustainability: 1. Hydro geochemical investigation and quality assessment of groundwater for drinking and agriculture use in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi India/N. Janardhana Raju, Anurag Chaudhary, Sadaf Nazneen, Shubhra Singh and Ankur Goyal. 2. Cmparison of relationship between the concentrations of water isotopes in precipitation in the cities of Tehran Iran and New Delhi India/Maryam Mosaffa, Farzin Nasiri Saleh and Yousef Khalaj Amirhosseini. 3. Geophysical expression for groundwater quality in part of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh India/S. Md. Farooq Basha. 4. Geospatial analysis of fluoride contamination in groundwater of southeastern part of Anantapur District Andhra Pradesh/B. Muralidhara Reddy, V. Sunitha and M. Ramakrishna Reddy. 5. Identification of surface water harvesting sites for water stressed area using GIS: a case study of Ausgram block, Burdwan District, West Bengal, India/C. Prakasam. 6. Forecasting groundwater level using hybrid modeling technique/Sumant Kumar and Surjeet Singh. 7. Alterations in physico-chemical parameters of water and aquatic diversity at Maneri-Bhali Phase I Dam site on river Ganges in District Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand/Madhu Thapliyal, Poonam Tiwari and Ashish Thapliyal. II. Bio-Remediation for Resource Enrichment: 8. Effective removal of heavy metals and dyes from drinking water utilizing bio-compatible magnetic nanoparticle/Dwiptirtha Chattopadhyay and Keka Sarkar. 9. UASBR: an effective wastewater treatment option to curb greenhouse gas emissions/Rajesh Singh and C.K. Jain. 10. Biogas upgrading and bottling technology for vehicular and cooking applications/Virendra Kumar Vijay, Rimika Kapoor, Abhinav Trivedi and Pradip Narale…III. Environmental pollution: issues and strategies. Index.