Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Sustainable Treatment Technologies for Pre- and Poly-flourakyl Substances provides comprehensive details about per- and poly-fluroalkyls substances (PFASs), which are highly toxic and bio-accumulative substances that do not biodegrade easily or cannot be neutralized under normal environmental conditions. It discusses their occurrence in water, wastewater, and aquatic environment, their bioaccumulation in plants, environmental impacts and various remedial technologies for their treatment and management. All the chapters provide state-of-art information about PFASs, describing their identification methods, characterization and present critical analysis of the treatment methods such as physical, chemical, biological, hybrid and advanced systems. This book is a ready reference for the environmental engineers, municipal engineers, environmental practitioners, policy makers, and planners; it is also a practical guide for industrial engineers, government bodies and ecologists as well as for researchers.

1. Per- and poly-fluroalkyls substances: Introduction 2. Environmental Effects of PFASs Exposure 3. Detection methods for PFASs 4. PFASs accumulation in Plants 5. PFASs in drinking water and related health effects 6. Occurrence and effects of PFASs in aquatic environment 7. Effect of biological treatment of PFASs degradation 8. Effect of physical treatment on PFASs degradation 9. Effect of Chemical treatment on PFASs degradation 10. Effect of hybrid treatments (physical-chemical, chemical-mechanical etc) on PFASs degradation 11. Occurrence, fate and persistence of PFASs in wastewater treatment systems 12. Occurrence, Fate and persistence of per- and polyfluoroalkyls substances (PFASs) during municipal sludge treatment 13. Occurrence, fate and persistence of PFASs in drinking water treatment systems 14. Identification, characterization & analysis of Per- and polyfluroalkyls substances 15. PFASs in water and wastewater 16. Advances and emerging treatment methods