TABLE OF CONTENTS	6
	PREFACE	10
	CONTRIBUTORS	12
	PART I RECENT ADVANCES IN PURIFICATION AND SPECIAL TREATMENT OF WATER AND WATER QUALITY MONITORING	18
	ADVANCES IN DRINKING WATER TREATMENT IN THE UNITED STATES	20
	ABSTRACT	20
	INTRODUCTION	20
	DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK	21
	ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATER: CASE STUDY	23
	EMERGING RESEARCH	24
	REFERENCES	25
	DEPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LAKE SEDIMENTS IN CANADA AS DETERMINED BY PB-210 AND Cs-137	26
	ABSTRACT	26
	1. INTRODUCTION	27
	2. MATERIALS AND METHODS	28
	2.1. Site locations and physical characteristics of the lakes	28
	2.2. Sediment collection, preparation and analysis	29
	2.3. Methodology of estimating depositional characteristics of lake sediments	31
	2.3. Biosensors Based on Bioluminescent Bacteria	71
	3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION	34
	4. CONCLUSIONS	63
	5. REFERENCES	65
	BIOSENSORS FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING	68
	1. INTRODUCTION	68
	2.BIOSENSORS FOR THE DETERMINATION OFTOTAL TOXICITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS	69
	3. BIOSENSORS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF GROUP SPECIFIC TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS	82
	4. CONCLUSIONS	86
	5. REFERENCES	86
	RAPID DETECTION OF BACTERIA IN DRINKING WATER R.A.	88
	ABSTRACT	88
	INTRODUCTION	89
	MATERIALS AND METHODS	90
	RESULTS AND DISCUSSION	92
	CONCLUSIONS	93
	FURTHER STUDIES	94
	REFERENCES	94
	UTILIZATION OF MOBILE ANALYTICAL TESTS INWASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT	96
	ABSTRACT	96
	INTRODUCTION	96
	THEORETICAL PART	97
	EXPERIMENTAL PART	98
	CONCLUSIONS	102
	REFERENCES	103
	AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF THE MIXED-OXIDANT SOLUTIONS PRODUCED FROM “ACTIVATEDWATER” IN COOLING TOWER BIOLOGICAL CONTROL	104
	ABSTRACT	104
	INTRODUCTION	105
	MATERIALS AND METHODS	108
	MICROBIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL ANALYSES	110
	RESULTS	111
	DISCUSSION	112
	CONCLUSIONS	113
	REFERENCES	114
	PART II DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES OF SPECIAL WATER TREATMENT FOR USE IN VARIOUS AREAS OF SCIENCE, INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC HEALTH	116
	FIBROID SORBENTS FOR WATER PURIFICATION	118
	ABSTRACT	118
	INTRODUCTION	119
	MATERIALS AND METHODS	119
	RESULTS AND DISCUSSION	121
	CONCLUSIONS	124
	REFERENCES	125
	USE OF IN-SITU OXYGEN CURTAIN TECHNOLOGY IN ENHANCED BIOREMEDIATION OF GROUNDWATER	126
	ABSTRACT	126
	INTRODUCTION	127
	iSOC™ TECHNOLOGY	127
	iSOC™ ENHANCED REMEDIATION	128
	iSOC™ INSTALLATION AND CONTROL	129
	iSOC™ DEMO CASE STUDY	129
	ELECTROCHEMICALLY-STIMULATED SORPTION AND SORPTION-MEMBRANE METHODS FOR REMOVAL OF IONIC IMPURITIES FROM WATER	132
	INTRODUCTION	132
	INNOVATIVE WATER PURIFICATION METHOD AND DEVICES V. Gevod, I. Reshetnyak, S. Gevod, I. Shklyarova and A. Rudenko	154
	NEW INORGANIC MATERIALS AND ELECTROCHEMICALLY-STIMULATED SORPTION	137
	ELECTROCHEMICALLY-STIMULATED PROCESS ON SORPTION-ACTIVE MEMBRANES	144
	REFERENCES	152
	INNOVATIVE WATER PURIFICATION METHOD AND DEVICES	154
	ABSTRACT	154
	WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?	155
	HOW IS THE PROBLEM SOLVED AT PRESENT?	156
	WHAT SYSTEM CAN BE CONSIDERED AS AN ALTERNATIVE?	157
	DESIGN AND MODE OF OPERATION OF THE ELEMENTARY BUBBLE-FILM EXTRACTOR	159
	THE RESULTS OF THE TEST OF THE ELEMENTARY BUBBLE-FILM EXTRACTOR	160
	WATER PURIFIERS BASED ON BUBBLE-FILM EXTRACTION	163
	SUMMARY	164
	REFERENCES	166
	POTENTIALITIES OF MEMBRANE OPERATIONS INWATER TREATMENTS	168
	INTRODUCTION	168
	MEMBRANE CONTACTORS IN THE SPARKLING WATER PROCESS	168
	PRODUCTION OF WATER WITH CONTROLLED COMPOSITION USING INTEGRATED MEMBRANE SYSTEMS	171
	INTEGRATED MEMBRANE SYSTEMS IN WATER DESALINATION	172
	MEMBRANE CONTACTORS FORWATER PURIFICATION IN THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY	174
	CONCLUSIONS	175
	REFERENCES	175
	WATER DISINFECTION USING SILVER AND COPPER IONS AND COLLOIDAL GOLD	176
	ABSTRACT	176
	INTRODUCTION	176
	MATERIALS AND METHODS	177
	REFERENCES	183
	PART III TOOLSANDMETHODS FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGH TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF WATER PURIFICATION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT	184
	WATER SAVINGS AND REUSE IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY	186
	ABSTRACT	186
	INTRODUCTION	187
	STRATEGY FORWATER SAVINGS AND REUSE IN TEXTILE WET PROCESSING	190
	WATER SAVINGS BY PROCESS INTENSIFICATION	192
	WATER SAVINGS AND REUSE BY PROCESS INTEGRATION	195
	WATER RECLAMATION AND REUSE	200
	CONCLUSIONS	204
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	204
	REFERENCES	205
	BIOCIDE POLYMERS - NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN WATER TREATMENT	208
	REFERENCES	212
	OPTIMIZATION OF GALVANIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES	214
	ABSTRACT	214
	ELECTROPLATING ACTIVITY IN LITHUANIA	214
	CLEANER PRODUCTION METHODS FOR ELECTROPLATING PROCESSES	215
	EFFICIENCY OF CLEANER PRODUCTION MEASURES IN LITHUANIANGALVANIC COMPANIES	218
	CASE STUDIES	219
	MODERNIZATION OF THE GALVANIZATION TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS AND THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AT JSC “VINGRIAI”	221
	REFERENCES	224
	EFFICIENCY OF NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION PROCESSES INWASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS	226
	ABSTRACT	226
	INTRODUCTION	226
	THEORETICAL PART	227
	RESULTS AND DISCUSSION	228
	CONCLUSIONS	234
	REFERENCES	234
	ELECTROCHEMI AL PROCESSES FOR WASTEWATER PURIFICATION UTILIZING FLUIDISED BEDS OF PARTICLES WITH DIFFERENT CONDUCTIVITY	236
	ABSTRACT	236
	INTRODUCTION	236
	HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE OF THE FLUIDIZED BED ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM	238
	REACTORSWITH FLUIDIZED BEDS OF NONCONDUCTING BEADS	239
	FLUIDIZED BED ELECTRODE (FBE) REACTORS	242
	ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTORS WITH BEDS OF INORGANIC ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS BASED ON TI AND ZR PHOSPHATES	246
	SUMMARY	249
	REFERENCES	250
	COLD PLASMA AS A NEW TOOL FOR PURIFICATION OFWASTEWATER	252
	INTRODUCTION	252
	CHEMICAL PROCESSES INWATER INDUCED BY NONEQUILIBRIUM LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA	253
	EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS	258
	REFERENCES	261
	PURIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL WATERS FROM ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND BACTERIA	262
	INTRODUCTION	262
	MATERIALS AND METHODS	263
	RESULTS AND DISCUSSION	265
	CONCLUSIONS	268
	REFERENCES	268
	PART IV MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, PLANNING, TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN WATER TREATMENT	270
	INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE WATER TREATMENT AREA	272
	INTRODUCTION	272
	HOW DOES IT WORK?	273
	THE STRUCTURE OF A TYPICAL I/UCRC	274
	INDICATORS OF SUCCESS	275
	TRANSFER OF THE CONCEPT TONORTHERN IRELAND	276
	LOCAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE NSF CONCEPT	277
	LOCAL EXTENSIONS TO THE CONCEPT	278
	FOCUS	279
	INTERDISCIPLINARITY	279
	KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER	280
	OWNERSHIP BY THE MEMBERS	280
	EVALUATION	281
	CONCLUSIONS	281
	REFERENCE	281
	WESTCOUNTRY RIVERS TRUST UNITED KINGDOM: A PIONEERING PROGRAMME FOR RESTORATION AND REGENERATION OF MAJOR RIVER BASINS	282
	INTRODUCTION	282
	TAMAR 2000 SUPPORT PROJECT	283
	OUTCOMES	291
	ASSOCIATION OF RIVERS TRUSTS – “ART”	293
	CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE	294
	SUMMARY	295
	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS IN POLAND	296
	ABSTRACT	296
	INTRODUCTION	296
	METHODS	297
	RESULTS AND DISCUSSION	300
	CONCLUSIONS	309
	REFERENCES	310
	WATER AND PUBLIC HEALTH: LEGISLATION AS A TOOL FOR IMPROVING LIVING STANDARDS	312
	ABSTRACT	312
	WATER FOR HUMAN USE	313
	WATER MANAGEMENT	315
	WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN CROATIA	316
	RECENT TRENDS	320
	CONCLUSIONS	321
	REFERENCES	322
	THE NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR CONSTRUCTION OF URBANWASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS IN THE REPUBLICOF BULGARIA	324
	ABSTRACT	324
	INTRODUCTION	325
	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU LEGISLATION CONCERNING WATER PROTECTION AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT1	325
	CONCLUSIONS	330
	NOTES	331
	REFERENCES	331
	WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION ACTIONS IN ROMANIAN INDUSTRY	332
	ABSTRACT	332
	INTRODUCTION	332
	METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY	333
	AGRICULTURAL USE OF ANIMAL MANURE	334
	OIL STORAGE AT OIL TERMINAL CONSTANTA	336
	USINGWASTE AS RAW MATERIAL FOR RARE METALS RECOVERY	340
	REFERENCES	340
	SURFACE LIPID COMPOSITION OF TWO EMERGENTWATER PLANTS USED IN CONSTRUCTEDWETLANDS	342
	ABSTRACT	342
	INTRODUCTION	342
	METHODS	343
	RESULTS AND DISCUSSION	344
	CONCLUSIONS	346
	REFERENCES	346
	SUBJECT INDEX	348