**Preface XI**



Preface

living species.

presented by Robles, Tovar, and Godinez.

throughout my life.

Protection of water sources has been a major problem for human beings since the industrial revolution. Water demand is also increasing day by day by the increasing population and industrial production. Increasing needs cause increasing water pollution. Briefly, we have to protect our planet not only as a source of water, but also because it is the habitat for many

In this book, necessary theoretical knowledge and experimental results on water and water pollution are given. Its 11 chapters provide a wide variety of topics. Elgammal and Ibrahim discuss the recent drifts in pH-sensitive reverse osmosis membranes for water reuse in their chapter. Parallel to the increasing importance of membrane processes, Nomngongo discuss‐ es the membrane process usage potential on wastewater treatment. Kiril Mert, Aydiner, Do‐ gan, and Goral present the efficient removal of micropollutants from wastewater by membrane bioreactors. Camcıoglu and Ozyurt investigate the applications of combined electrocoagulation and electro-oxidation treatment to industrial wastewater. Samir, Ajeel, and Chelliapan evaluate the treatment of textile wastewater using a novel electrocoagulation reactor design in their study. Lopez-Maldonado and Oropeza-Guzman's chapter offers an innovative study on coagulation/flocculation processes using biopolyelectrolytes for water reuse. Popescu, Popa, Sendrescu, Roman, Petre, and Selisteanu discuss distributed control systems for a wastewater treatment plant and also give case study results on advanced con‐ trol solutions. Kim and Choi present a new design technique for a single-channel pump for wastewater treatment in their study. Mathews and Sithebe evaluate the role of bacteria on the breakdown of recalcitrant polychlorinated biphenyl compounds in wastewater. Han, Qiao, and Wu show an intelligent modeling approach to the prediction of effluent quality of wastewater treatment processes in their chapter. Sustainable sorbent materials obtained from orange peel as an agricultural waste and alternative sorbents for water treatment are

I would like to give my special thanks to Ms. Ivana Glavic for great support during the pub‐ lishing of this book. I want to thank my mother, wife, and children for their support

**Assoc. Prof. Dr. Taner Yonar**

Environmental Engineering Department

Engineering Faculty

Uludag University Bursa, Turkey

