Operational and Environmental Consequences of Large Indus...
Rajagopal, Sanjeevi / Venugopalan, Vayalam P. / Jenner, Henk A. Industrial and economic development of mankind has always depended on the availability of water. Industries resort to large-scale abstraction of cooling water from natural water bodies such as rivers, lakes and coastal seas. The abstracted water is treated with chemicals to combat operational problems like biofouling and corrosion. Such withdrawal and subsequent discharge of large amounts of water have the potential to have an impact on the ec...