Industrial and Municipal Sludge
Vara Prasad, Majeti Narasimha (Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India) / de Campos Favas, Paulo Jorge (Professor, School of Life Sciences and the Environment, University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal) / Vithanage, Meththika (Leader of the Ecosphere Resilience Research Center, Faculty of Applied Science at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka) / Mohan, S.Venkata (Principal Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India)
Industrial and Municipal Sludge: Emerging Concerns and Scope for Resource Recovery begins with a characterization of the types of sludge and their sources and management strategies. This section is followed by specific chapters that cover Emerging contaminants in sludge (Endocrine disruptors, Pesticides and Pharmaceutical residues, including illicit drugs/controlled substances), Bioleaching of sludge [with an enriched sulfur-oxidizing bacteria...