Physical and Chemical Separation in Water and Wastewater Treatment

Based  upon half a century of research by the authors, Physical and Chemical Separation in Water and Wastewater Treatment addresses the whole water cycle spectrum,  from global hydrological cycle, urban-regional metabolic cycle to individual living and production cycle, with respect to quality control technology based on fundamental science and theories. For every treatment process, basic scientific and environmental physical and  chemical natures are explained with respect to those of water and its impurities. Health danger and risks for human beings are also covered.

The authors define water qualities on a “Water Quality Matrix” composed of 35 elements. The vertical axis (row), has individual 7digit impurity size from 10-10m (water molecule 3Å) to 10-3m (0.1mm sand grains) and in the horizontal axis(column) there are 5 categories of surrogate chemical and biochemical quality indices. The same 35 element matrix is used to correspond with several typical water quality treatments, unit-operation/unit-process,  with a suitable characteristic grouping of the elements.   The authors then  present “the Water Quality Conversion Matrix” or “Water Quality Treatment Matrix”.