Handbook of Water Purity and Quality

Satinder Ahuja earned his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of the Sciences, Philadelphia. He worked for Novartis Corp. in various leadership positions for over 25 years while simultaneously teaching and guiding research as an adjunct professor at Pace University for over 10 years. As president of Ahuja Consulting, he advises on quality issues relating to chemicals/pharmaceuticals and water. Dr. Ahuja has published numerous papers and more than eighteen books. Two of his latest books are entitled Water Reclamation and Sustainability (Elsevier) and Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification (Elsevier). Others include Monitoring Water Quality: Pollution Assessment, Analysis, and Remediation (Elsevier, 2013); Novel Solutions to Water Pollution (ACS Symposium Volume, 2013); Handbook of Water Purity and Quality (Elsevier, 2009); and Arsenic Contamination of Water: Mechanism, Analysis, and Remediation (Wiley, 2008). A member of the executive committee of Rivers of the World Foundation (ROW), Dr. Ahuja is an expert on improving water quality and has organized numerous global symposia on this topic (American Chemical Society, UNESCO, etc.) In 2013, he gave a lecture on the nexus of food, energy, and water and chaired a symposium on the subject for the American Chemical Society meeting in New Orleans.