This reference covers fundamentals and practical aspects of industrial water treatment. It will aid researchers in biology, chemistry, dentistry, geology, chemical engineering, environmental engineering, and medicine. The book will also be of interest to process and design engineers, operations personnel, and plant managers working in the water treatment industry, as well as researchers working in areas where purity processes are important, such as pharmaceuticals, food and beverage production, and semiconductors. The book begins with an overview of water chemistry and characteristics of common mineral scales. The next ten chapters address the formation and control of different scales in various systems, including cooling, geothermal, oil field, and waste-water systems. Later chapters cover new developments in membrane-based separation processes, reverse osmosis systems, scale control in thermal distillation processes, ad corrosion control. Further chapters are devoted to microbiological fouling in cooling and membrane-based systems, with coverage of bacterial species, mechanisms of biofouling, and criteria for selecting biocides for water treatment applications. There is also material on analytical approaches for identifying mineral scales and deposits and for monitoring operational parameters and treatment chemicals. B&w images and illustrations are included. Amjad is a technical consultant in industrial water treatment. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)