Environmental Approach to Remediate Refractory Pollutants from Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants discusses the emerging trends in the bioremediation of hazardous pollutants found in wastewater, including the fate of pollutants produced after the treatment process both at the laboratory scale and at the industrial scale. Describing a broad area of biological processes and water research - considered key components for advanced water purification - it also includes the desalination technologies that remove, reduce, or neutralize water contaminants that threaten human health.Exploring the unique biological aspects of the wastewater treatment process, the book highlights the advantages they provide for engineering applications in industry, with each chapter covering a different biological-based approach, examining the basic principles, practical applications, recent breakthroughs and associated limitations.

1. Occurrence and sources of Pollutants in Industrial Wastewaters2. Fate and Advancement of Main Concern Regarding the Contaminants and Micro Pollutants in Wastewater Treatment Processes3. Emerging Contaminants and ways to reduce it4. Removal of micro pollutants from industrial wastewaters by conventional and advanced biological treatment processes5. Application of potential microbes in bioremediation6. Bioremediation, phytoremediation and mycoremediation of wastewater7. Ecology and diversity of microbial communities involved in the removal of priority contaminants and micro pollutants in wastewater treatment systems8. Advances in analytical methods for the monitoring of chemical pollutants in Industrial effluent water9. Control strategies for chemical contamination of drinking water10. Bacteria and Pollutants11. Biogeochemical Cycling12. Microbial Transport in the subsurface13. Extreme Environments14. Microbes in the Environment15. Environmental Microbiology16. Water Treatment and Reuse