Water and Sustainable Development

Parry Norling, Frankie Wood-Black, and Tina M. Masciangioli, Editors, Chemical Sciences Roundtable, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 Context and Overview 1 Meeting the Global Water Challenge; 4 2 Green Chemistry: The Impact on Water Quality and Supplies; 5 3 Methylmercury Contamination of Aquatic Ecosystems: A Widespread Problem with Many Challenges for the Chemical Sciences; 6 Water Quality and Supply: Analysis and Treatment 4 Desalination: Limitations and Challenges; 7 5 Organic Contaminants in the Environment: Challenges for the Water/Environmental Engineering Commmunity; 8 6 AquasentinelSM: Biosensors for Rapid Monitoring of Primary-Source Drinking Water; 9 Business Opportunities and Responsibilities 7 Some New Approaches at the Orange County Water District; 10 8 A Perspective from a Water Company; 11 9 Sustainable Development: Role of Industrial Water Management; 12 10 Water Solutions and Strategies in the Chemical Industry; 13 11 Classifying Drinking Water Contamination for Regulatory Consideration; 14 Appendix A: Workshop Participants; 15 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers; 16 Appendix C: Origin of and Information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable; 17 Appendix D: For Further Reading