Preface

Water, which plays an important role in every aspect of our daily lives, is the most valuable natural resource we have on this planet. Drinking, bathing, cooking, regeneration, cleaning, production, energy, and many other uses of water originate from some of its versatile, useful, basic, and unique features. The access, purification, and reuse of water on our planet, which is of course not endless and not available for direct use, is directly related to the water chemistry that explores its inimitable properties. For a safe drinking water supply, water treatment plants must be operated properly. Appropriate processes should be developed to remove various pollutants from water and wastewater. Surface water quality from rivers and lakes needs to be examined to monitor the adverse environmental effects of water and wastewater treatment plant discharges. Again, the flow and components of groundwater should be monitored to avoid possible contamination of crude oil or gasoline leaks.

This book includes research on water chemistry-related applications in environmental management and sustainable environmental issues such as water and wastewater treatment, water quality management, and other similar topics. The book consists of three sections, namely, water treatment, wastewater treatment, and water splitting, and includes 11 chapters. In these chapters, water-wastewater remediation methods, nanomaterials in water treatment, and water splitting processes are comprehensively reviewed in terms of water chemistry.

**II**

**Chapter 8 127**

**Chapter 9 153**

Water Splitting **175**

**Chapter 10 177**

**Chapter 11 201**

**Chapter 12 219**

Water Splitting Electrocatalysis within Layered Inorganic Nanomaterials *by Mario V. Ramos-Garcés, Joel Sanchez, Isabel Barraza Alvarez, Yanyu Wu,* 

Strategies in Absorbing Materials Productivity (H2O) of Renewable Energy Utilization by a Solar Still to Enhancement of Water Flowing over Glass Cover

Bi-Functionalized Hybrid Materials as Novel Adsorbents for Heavy Metal

Removal from Aqueous Solution: Batch and Fixed-Bed Techniques

*by Yasser Hannachi, Afifa Hafidh and Salwa Ayed*

On the Limits of Photocatalytic Water Splitting

*Dino Villagrán, Thomas F. Jaramillo and Jorge L. Colón*

with the Influence of PCM and Nanoparticles

Formulation of Corrosion Inhibitors *by Yun Chen and Wenzhong Yang*

*by Bahar Ipek and Deniz Uner*

**Section 3**

*by S. Shanmugan*

**Asst. Prof. Murat Eyvaz and Prof. Ebubekir Yüksel** Department of Environmental Engineering, Gebze Technical University, Turkey

Section 1

Water Treatment

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