Advanced Chemical and Biological Strategies for Detection and Remediation of Water Contaminants

Chapter 1. Micro and Nano Plastics in Drinking Water: Sources, Risks and Remediation Approaches
Sanjana Thanjan Shaju, Lokashree Dharmalingam, Ajitha E, Kavanya Srinivasan, Vidhya Bhojan, Raju Nandhakumar

Chapter 2. Engineered Bacteria for Bioremediation of Organic and Inorganic Water Pollutants
Adeline Juanita, Dhanush S, Umapriya R, Satya Sundar Mohanty

Chapter 3. Low-cost and Advanced Carbon-based Adsorbents for Heavy Metal Removal in Decentralized Water Treatment
Abubakar M. Bilyaminu, Nimish Khandelwal, Shishir Kumar Behera, Seyed Morteza Zamir, Anina James, Eldon R. Rene, Damian Kasperczyk

Chapter 4. Fluorescent and Optical Sensors for Real-time Detection of Waterborne Contaminants
Arumugam Thangamani, Kumarasamy Chandra Prakash, Pandian Bothi Raja, Kuppusamy Kanagaraj

Chapter 5. Supramolecular Chemistry in Selective Capture and Purification of Water Pollutants
Shanmugam Paramasivam, Kumarasamy Chandra Prakash, Arumugam Thangamani, Kuppusamy Kanagaraj

Chapter 6. Detection Strategies and Removal Technologies for Chiral Contaminants in Aquatic Environments
Kandavalli Babu, A.V. Roger Krupa Bhushan, Jesu Dakshin Thippiah, Bairi Levi Rakshitha, Lazarus Godson Asirvatham, G. Lawrance, Vincent Sam Jebadurai

Chapter 7. Biodegradability and Resilience Assessment Framework for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems in Rural India
Roshini Praveen Kumar, N. Anand, Cyril Samuel J. S., A. Diana Andrushia

Chapter 8. Chemical Tools for Tracking and Targeting Emerging Water Contaminants
Soham Kundu, Jyotiraditya Mallik, Shampa Sen

Chapter 9. Carbon Dots and Other Nanomaterials for Advanced Water Quality Monitoring
Kuppusamy Kanagaraj, Tharmaraj Vairaperumal, Arumugam Thangamani

Chapter 10. Biodegradation of Emerging Contaminants in Urban and Rural Water Treatment Systems
Nimish Khandelwal, Mohd. Zafar, Biswanath Mahanty, Shishir Kumar Behera

Chapter 11: Recent advances in photocatalysts degradation of phenol with special references to Z-scheme and S scheme heterojunction
Satyanjib Sahoo, Shaswata Biswal, Gayatree Sanjibita Sahoo, Naresh Kumar Sahoo, Biswanath Mahanty, Tapas Sahoo

Chapter 12. Nano-Photocatalysis for the Degradation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Water
Ajitha E., Sushma M, Kavanya S, Vidhya Bhojan, Raju Nandhakumar

Chapter 13. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Water Treatment and Quality Assessment
Nageswar Sahu, Shelly Verma, Achlesh Daverey, Biswanath Mahanty

Biography

Sneha Gautam is a Professor (Research) & Head in the Water Institute and Division of Civil Engineering at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India. He is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Climate and Energy Systems Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea. He earned his Ph.D. (Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and an M.Tech. (Environmental Science and Engineering) from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. After completing his Ph.D., he worked as a Researcher at INCLEN and the University of California, Berkeley, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, and further postdoctoral research at National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan. Dr. Gautam’s name has been consecutively listed (2021–2025) among the Top 2% Scientists of the World by Stanford University. He has received several prestigious recognitions, including the Young Scientist Award (2023) by the Academy of Sciences, Chennai, Young Scientist Award (2022), IEI Special Appreciation Award (2021), IEI Young Achiever Award (2020), IEI Young Scientist Award (2019), the Outstanding Reviewer Award, and an International Travel Grant from the Government of India. With over 210 research articles in reputed international journals (h-index: 48; i10-index: 164; citations: 8561+), Dr. Gautam has established a strong global research network, and his work has been featured in Al Jazeera, The Times of India, and Trinity. His research interests encompass the atmospheric environment, focusing on climate-weather interactions, air and water pollution measurement and modeling, bioaerosols, personal exposure assessment, urban and rural air quality, microplastics, emerging contaminants in air & water, and sensor-based environmental monitoring technologies.

Biswanath Mahanty is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India. He earned his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and has academic and research experience in India and South Korea, including appointments at Inha University and the University of Ulsan. His research interests include bioprocess engineering, environmental biotechnology, mathematical modeling, artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in biotechnology, bioremediation, wastewater treatment, sustainable biopolymers, and biomass valorization. Dr. Mahanty has made significant contributions by integrating data-driven modeling and optimization techniques with microbial and biochemical systems for sustainable environmental and industrial applications.
Dr. Mahanty has authored more than 100 research publications, including articles in leading journals such as Bioresource Technology, Chemical Engineering Science, Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Environmental Management, Food Chemistry, and Biotechnology and Bioengineering. His recent work focuses on explainable artificial intelligence, hybrid dynamic modeling, bioprocess optimization, lignocellulosic biorefineries, polyhydroxyalkanoates, pullulan biosynthesis, and environmental remediation technologies. In addition to his research contributions, Dr. Mahanty serves as a reviewer for numerous high-impact international journals. His interdisciplinary expertise and extensive publication record make him a valuable contributor to emerging areas of biotechnology, environmental engineering, and sustainable process development.

Nandhakumar Raju specialises in Bio-organic and supramolecular chemistry. He received his UG, PG, and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Presently, he is the Professor of Chemistry at the Division of Physical Sciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Science (Deemed to be University). His research interests include Carbon-based materials, Fluorescent Chemosensors and Forensic sciences. He has successfully completed several projects from various funding agencies and guided ten doctoral students. To his credit, he has written seven books, ten book chapters, two international patents (granted), 13 national patents (granted), and published more than 200 research papers (including five review articles) in peer-reviewed international and national journals.