Soil and Water Contamination

Description

This textbook provides an overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contamination, in such a way that the reader can both understand and predict contaminant patterns in soil, groundwater, and surface water. In contract to most existing texts, soil and water pollution are treated as integrated environmental matter from a geographical/spatial perspective at point, local, regional, and catchment scales. The spatial approach links up with recent developments and trends in environmental legislation and other integrated catchment management initiatives.

It consists of four coherent parts: 1. Introduction to soil and water contamination; 2. Source, role, and behavior of substances in soil and water; 3. Transport and fate processes of substances in soil and water; and 4. Patterns of substances in soil and water.

Intended for undergraduate and graduate students in Earth and Environmental Sciences, who understand the fundamentals of chemistry, hydrology and soil science; may also serve as a useful reference for professionals.

Reviews

…the clear structure makes searching child’s play…. I did three random searches and in no time located what I was looking for… I can think of no subject that the author has failed to address…Everywhere, the texts are compact, and you get the feeling that you are dealing with the real core of the subject.

Harry Boukes, Consultant Hydrologist, translated from Stromingen 13 (2007) number 2

I liked the approach taken in this book…to integrate soil and water contamination and not treat them as independant processes. It makes sense form a true environmental perspective that chemistry and soil science and hydrology are considered together…I can recommend this book to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in the earth and environmental sciences…a useful refreshener to professionals.

Prof. John G. Farmer, Executive Editor, Science of the Total Environment 373 (2007) 603

Contents

Part 1: An Introduction to Soil and Water Pollution 1. General Introduction 2. Basic Environmental Chemistry 3. Environmental Compartments Part 2: Sources, Role, and Behaviour of Substances in Soil and Water 4. Solid Phase Constituents 5. Major Dissolved Phase Constituents 6. Nutrients 7. Heavy Metals 8. Radionuclides 9. Organic Pollutants Part 3: Transport and Fate Processes of Substances in Soil and Water 10. Systems and Models 11. Substance Transport 12. Sediment Transport and Deposition 13. Chemical Transformation 14. Gas Exchange 15. Model Calibration and Validation Part 4: Patterns of Substances in Soil and Water 16. Patterns in the Soil and in the Vadose Zone 17. Patterns in Groundwater 18. Patterns in Surface Water

Author Bio

Marcel van der Perk is Assistant Professor of Physical Geography at Utrecht University, where he specialises in soil and water quality issues and spatio-temporal environmental modelling. He teaches courses on soil and water pollution and geographical information systems. His research focuses on measurement, analysis, and modelling of transport and fate of dissolved and sediment-associated contaminants (nutrients, heavy metals, and radionuclides) in soil and water from field to river basin scales.

Related Subjects

1. Soil Sciences
2. Geochemistry
3. Soil Science
4. Hydrogeology
5. Pollution Control
6. Physical Geography
7. Hydrology
8. Water Pollution
9. Ground Water
10. Soil Science