Environmental Science and Technology in India

The question of environmental Wealth should not be construed as a problem of rights of nature versus rights of people but at least partially as interest groups competing for Wider support over particular issues. So, the role technology to develop a society should be eco-friendly. This principle of development will continue without jeopardizing of the natural resources. This book entitled Environmental Sciences and Technology in India is modeled on an architectural design, laying the foundation first and then building the structure with distinct magnificent elevations. The present book will be useful to the students, research scholars, scientists in the field of Environmental management and ecoplanners, politicians. scientists in the field of Environmental management and ecoplanners, politicians. In short, this book is helpful for every one who is seeking a clear cut understanding of the environment. Contents Chapter 1: Contemporary Trends in Environmental Science and Technology by Arvind Kumar, R K Somashekar and P Ravikumar; Chapter 2: A Perspective on Zero Waste in Urban India by M Selvam and V Rajashekar; Chapter 3: An Analysis on the Elimination of Heavy Metals from Industrial Effluents by P Raju, S John, Alexis, and M K Saseetharan; Chapter 4: Application of Environmental Biotechnology for the Treatment of Coke Plant Effluent by Mrinal K Ghose and Surendar Roy; Chapter 5: Application of UASB Reactor System for Treatment of Hydrogenated Oil by Sunita Shastry, Tapas Nandy and S N Kaul; Chapter 6: Assesment of Growmore Biofertilizer in Relation to Other Bio and Organic Fertilzers Avilable in the Market by Sudha A Sawant and Sumukh S Chatnekar; Chapter 7: Bioavailabillity of Metal in Fly Ash and their Bioaccumulation in Naturally Occurring Vegetation by Subodh kumar Maiti and S Nandhini; Chapter 8: Bioaugmentation to Enhance the Performance of Slurry Phase Bioreactor in Degrading Diethy Phthalate (DEP) in Soil by S Shailaja, M Rama Krishna, S Venkata Mohan, P N Sarma; Chapter 9: Chemical, Microbiological and Geological Aspects of Acid Mine Drainge and its Control Aspects by Gurdeep Singh; Chapter 10: Use of Waste Plastic as Modifier in Bituminous Concrete Mix by B V Kiran Kumar, V Anantha Rama and P Prakash; Chapter 11: Composting of Municipal Solid Waste: A Feasible Approach with Alkali Treatment by V P Despande, S Babyrani Devi and R V Bhoyar; Chapter 12: Computer Aided Design of Trickling Filters by Shalin P Shah and Zoher Z Painter; Chapter 13: Conservation of Water Wastwater Treatment Recycling and Reuse by N Rammoorti; Chapter 14: Forest Genetic Resources of Western Ghats: Status and Conservation by P Naveen Kumar, M Bunty Raj, D Siddaramu, B C Nagaraja and R K Somashekar; Chapter 15: Detoxification of Tannery Effluents Using Blue Green Algae with Spacial Reference to Chromium by V Shashirekha, M Pandi, and Mahadeswara Swamy; Chapter 16: Distribution of Heavy Metals in the Bellandur Lake, Banglore by H Lokeshwari and G T Chandrappa; Chapter 17: Diversity Assessment and Community Patterns in Relation to Disturbance Gradient in Similiplal Biosphere Reserve, Orissa by R K Mishra R C Mohanty and V P Upadhyay; Chapter 18: Drinking Water Quality Assessment of Basavanahole Tank with Reference to Physico-chemical Characteristics by J Narayana, R Purushothama and B R Kiran; Chapter 19: Effect of Chemicals Vis-a-Vis Natural Ingredients in the Culture Media of Spirulilna platensiss by Bharati M Tamhane and Sudhir D Ghatnekar; Chapter 20: Effect of Pulp Mill Effluent on seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Pea (Pisum sativum), Mustard (Brassica nigra) and Rice Seed (Oryza sativa) U J Medhi, A K Talukdar and S Deka; Chapter 21: Effects of Wastewater Irrigation on Heavy Metal Accumulation in Soil and Plants by Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Madhoolika Agrawal and Fiona M Marshall; Chapter 22: Effluent Recycling through Application of Membrane Separation Processes for Zero Effluent Discharge in Textile Industry: A Case Study by Tapas Nandy, C V Deshpande, R S Dhodapkar, S N Kaul and Lidia Szpyrkowicz; Chapter 23: Environment Protection through Municipal Corporation by V M Sathye; Chapter 24: Designing Regional Soil Liners Using Contaminant Transport Modeling by P V Sivapullaiah, S N Mayanaik and G Sankara; Chapter 25: Environmental Impact Assessment for Integrating Environmental Concerns by Sandeep Bodkhe and R Sarin; Chapter 26: Environmental Management in a Heavey Water Plant by P George Thomas; Chapter 27: External Gamma Dose Rate in and Around Bangalore University: A Preliminary Survey by N G Shiva Prasad, N Nagaiah and D N Avadhani; Chapter 28: Extractive Spectrophotometric Determination of Saccharin by Sunitha B Mathew, Ajai Kr Pillai and V K Gupta; Chapter 29: Implication of Afforestation and Reforestation on Biodiversity Conservation: A Scenario of Western Ghats by B C Nagaraja and R K Somashekar; Chapter 30: Flue Gas Conditioning with Ammonia in Unit-7 of KTPS Koradi: A Case Study by S S Bagchi and M P Dharmadhikari; Chapter 31: GAC Biofilm Configured Periodic Discontinuous Reactor Operation for the Treatment of Complex Chemical Wastewater by N Chandrasekhara Rao, S Venkata Mohan and P N Sarma; Chapter 32: Geoenvironmental Hazards in the Area Around Uttarkashi and Tehri Garhwal Himalaya, Uttaranchal by D S Bagri and devendra Pal; Chapter 33: Global Warming and Methane Emission from Domestic Livestock by Mahadeswara Swamy and V Shashirekha; Chapter 34: Impect of Hazardous Industrial Waste on Health and Environment by V Anantha Rama, P Prakash and B V Kiran Kumar; Chapter 35: Indoor Air Pollution Due to Domestic Cooking in Urban Households by S Gangamma, Rashmi S Patil and Virendra Sethi; Chapter 36 GIS Based Mapping of Renewable Energy Resources for Karnataka by Rudrappa Shettally and Amitabh Anand; Chapter 37: Rainwater Harvesting with a Special Reference to Sugar Industry by B Subba Rao; Chapter 38: Landfill Disposal Method of Hazardous Waste Management by G S Munawarpasha, M T Prathap Kumar and G P Shivashankara; Chapter 39: Life Cycle Assessment: A Tool for Environmental Management Systems by S Karthick and S D Manjare; Chapter 40: Lime Sludge Waste of Paper Mill as an Alternative Source of Liming Material for Fish Culture by Shabeena Yasmin and S Deka; Chapter 41: Variation of Zoobenthos in the Coastal Waters of Kakinada by V W Lande and J P Kotangale; Chapter 42: Utilisation of Waste water for Green Belt Development by Sunita Hooda and R K Suri; Chapter 43: Municipal Solid Waste Management and Optimal Routing in Mysore City Using GIS by Atiya Tahseen, Mangala R Patil, C Rajeshwari, M Vedashri and Rudrappa Shettally; Chapter 44: Natural Radioactivity in High Background Areas of Coastal Kerala by Y Narayana, P K Shetty and K Siddappa; Chapter 45: Nature and Treatment of Dairy Plant Effluents by S A D Prasad, M Rekha Ravindra and P Heartwin Amala Dhas and F Magdaline Elijeeva Emerald; Chapter 46: Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) Technology: A New Horizon for the Wastewater Treatment by Darshak Mehta, Khushboo Soni and Shalin Shah; Chapter 47: Percentage of Stomatal Coverage on Leaf: A New Concept for Selection of Plant Species for the Development of Green Belts in Mining Areas by Subodh Kumar Maiti; Chapter 48: Perception Towards Environmental Assessment of Interlinking of Rivers by Prakash Kelkar; Chapter 49: The Global Positioning System and its Application to Civil and Environmentall Engineering by Madhav N Kulkarni; Chapter 50: Public Hearing vis-a-vis Peoples Participation in Developmental Projaects: An Overview by P K Sethi and C Soundararajan; Chapter 51: Qualitative and Quantitative Study of the Forest Flora of the Phulchoki Base, Kathmandu Valley: A Future Managerial Prospect by Deepak Chhetry Karki; Chapter 52: Sustainbility and Human Development by S D Manjare and S Karthick; Chapter 53: Radon and Thoron Daughter Concentration in Coastal Island, Kerala by Jose P Abraham, M Rajagopalan, K Rakesh, C K Sreejith, Siju Vincent, P P Haridasan and P M B Pillai; Chapter 54: Recovery of Aluminum from Biomedical Waste by Kanjan Upadhyay; Chapter 55: Recycle and Reuse of Waste water in Service Stations by B Kavitha, B T Ranjani, Ranjini Bhat, Ujwal J Pathange, H S Dayananda and G S Manjunath; Chapter 56: Recycle: Best Option for the Municipal Solid Waste Leachate Treatment by Gopal Mugeraya and R Ravishankar; Chapter 57: Suspended Particulate Matter Studies at Narora Autuomic Power Station by Vyom Saxena, B Dube, A G Hegde; Chapter 58: Removal of Organics and Inorganics from Water Using Indigenous Sources: Agriculture Solid Wastes by C Namasivayam; Chapter 59: Removal of Se(IV) by Adsorption onto Industrial Solid Waste Fe(III)/Cr(III) Hydroxide by K Prathap and C Namasivaya; Chapter 60: Role of Economic Instruments for Sustainable Development by N Kumara Swamy; Chapter 61: Role of Wetlands and their Management: A Case Study of Lake Kolleru-Lessons Learnt and Strategies for Future by M K Durga Prasad and P Padmavathi; Chapter 62: Studies on the Removal of Chromium from Industrial Plating Effluents Using Gibbsite Alumina as Adsorbent by M Revathi, M Ganesan, B Kavitha, M Renuka Devi and and T Vasudevan; Chapter 63: Industrial Effluent Treatment with Flyash: A Study of Durg District (Chhattisgarh) by Parminder Kaur