The last book covering a part of this subject has come four years ago (Vymazal, J., and Kropfelova, L., 2008.Wastewater Treatment in Constructed Wetlands; Springer, New Yark) and the one prior to that six years ago (Crites R. W., Middlebrooks, E. O., and Reed, S. C., 2006, Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems; CRC Press, Boca Raton). Both are excellent treatises but neither covers systems based on ‘nutrient film technique’ even as it is in this segment that most spectacular advances are currently occurring. Moreover, the state-of-the-art in all systems has advanced significantly since these books came out. The proposed book would, therefore, be much more comprehensive as well as up-to-date.
Covers a topic of very great contemporary relevance
Will have a world-wide catchment
First of its kind since several years
It has a huge market waiting
Written by authors with established track record
Adds to the book’s market appeal
High on substance
Its appeal will endure
Written in a lucid, clear, and compact style
Will please and satisfy the reader
Supported by tables, graphs, half-tones and references
Will enhance the book’s visual appeal and user-friendliness
1. Plants (botanical species) as facilitators of wastewater treatment: an introduction
2. History of the development of plant-based wastewater treatment systems
3. Factors which influence plant-based wastewater treatment: the mechanism of the plants' purifying action
4. 'Tank' or 'channel' systems based on free-floating aquatic macrophytes
5. 'Constructed' or artificial wetlands
6. Hydroponics and systems based on 'nutrient films'
7. Vascular plants verses algae in wastewater treatment
8. The new bioreactor SHEFROL
9. Looking back, looking forward
Tabassum Abbasi is Assistant Professor at Pondicherry University, India. She received her Masters from the University of Surrey and her PhD in 2010 from the Anna University of Technology, India, both in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. She also held a concurrent position of Visiting Associate Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA during 2012-2017. Dr. Abbasi was awarded India's Best Young Engineer Award in 2014, has published over 100 papers with 3500+ citations and authored 10 books. S. A. Abbasi has been a full university professor since 1987 after being Head-in-charge of the Water Quality & Environment Division at the Centre for Water Resources, Kozhikode, during 1979-87. He was a Visiting-cum-adjunct Professor at California State University during 1984-1987, and has been a Visiting Professor at the universities of Minnesota, Florida, Las Vegas, California-Berkeley, Malaya and Al-Ahsa. With 43 books, over 300 papers in indexed journals, 8 patents and 9000+ citations, Prof Abbasi is among the world's foremost environmental experts. Among numerous coveted honours and awards received by him are the National Design Award in Environmental Engineering, the National Hydrology Award, the International Desalination Association's prize, and fellowships of the National Academy of Sciences and the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has been Member, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee, Member of the BHU Court, and has been Chairman/Member of numerous high-level committees of MNES, DST, MoWR, AlCTE, and the UGC.
