Publisher's Synopsis
Selected Proceedings of the 7th IAWQ Asia-Pacific Regional Conference (Asian Waterqual '99), held in Taipei, Chinese Taiwan, 18-20 October 1999. The seventh conference in the Asian Waterqual series proved highly successful, with nearly four hundred delegates from 17 countries gathering to review the state of research and practice in water quality management in the region. As its growing economies create pollution and deplete natural resources, Asia is making concerted efforts to meet international environmental standards and is investing in environmental research and development. Eight major themes set the scope of the conference: domestic sewage treatment and reuse; innovative water and wastewater treatment technology; livestock farming wastewater treatment and reuse; management of water resources and water quality; sludge treatment, disposal, and reuse; industrial wastewater treatment and reuse; and integrated watershed management. It so happens that at least one paper from each theme has been selected for publication. While focusing on Asian concerns, these proceedings contain much that will prove highly valuable and influential throughout the rest of the world. After review 66 papers have been selected, with the following topics being the subjects of a majority of the selected papers: The activated sludge process UASB Nitrogen and phosphorus removal in different biological treatment processes Physicochemical treatment of toxic pollutants Sludge treatment Fate and toxic effects of pollutants Pollution control of the water environment.
