Advances in Water Pollution Monitoring and Control

Chapter 1: Anchorage System for Penstocks-Case Study of Champawat Town Pumping Water Supply Scheme.- Chapter 2: An Overview on Toxicity, Detection, and Removal of Chromium in Water and WasteWater.- Chapter 3: 'Phytowaste' and Vermicomposting as a Potential Route for Its Environmentally Compatible Utilization.- Chapter 4: Microplastic Contamination and Life Cycle Assessment of Bottled Drinking Water.- Chapter 5: Impact of Water Pollution on Endemic Species.- Chapter 6: Physiological Features of Rice Cultivars Which In uence the Quantity of Methane Emitted by the Cultivars.

N.A. Siddiqui is Professor at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) (2005-present). He holds a Master's degree in Environmental Sciences from Lucknow University, India (1996), and a PhD in Environmental Biology from Awadhesh Pratap Singh University (APS) University, Rewa, India. Additionally, he has a number of professional certifications, e.g., a NEBOSH diploma, NEBOSH-IGC, IOSH Managing Safely, Lead Auditor OHSAS 18001, Lead Auditor ISO 14001 and GRAD-IOSH. Prof. Siddiqui's research interests include occupational health, safety and environment. He has co-authored more than 100 papers and eight books and has organized a number of national and international seminars/conferences/MDPs. He has also worked on a number of major R&D projects. 

S. M. Tauseef is Associate Professor and Assistant Dean (R&D) at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), India (2015-present). He holds an MS in Chemical Engineering (Process Design) from Sharif University of Technology, Iran (2008), and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Pondicherry University (PU) (2011). Prior to joining UPES, he worked as a Pool Officer (CSIR, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) at PU (2012-2015). Dr. Tauseef's research interests include process safety, especially forecasting and consequence assessment of accidents in chemical process industries. He has developed methodologies for the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to dense gas dispersion, vapor cloud explosions, and single and multiple pool fires. His other main interest is in solid waste management, especially the design of continuously operable vermireactor systems for assorted wastes, and high-rate anaerobic digesters. To date, he has published 60 journal articles, co-authored three books, published four patents and presented papers at 21 conferences.

Rajendra Dobal is the Director General of the Uttarakhand State Council for