Water is an indispensable element for human life. However, clean water
supply is a worldwide issue nowadays. This is because of pollution due
to anthropogenic activities that are related to the increase of human
population. The man-induced inputs as important sources of pollution
contribute to the contamination of water quality in rivers and
reservoirs. These pollutants include domestic organic wastes, industrial
wastes, heavy metals, oil and grease, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,
endocrine disrupting chemicals, persistent organic pollutants, etc.,
which can deteriorate the natural chemistry of water. Monitoring the
pollutant levels in water bodies is an important issue, since their
elevated levels could be hazardous to biota that live in the water body
and the sedimentary compartment of the aquatic ecosystems, partly or
mostly being the natural resources in the food chain up to human being.
Therefore, water pollution will always remain a never-ending story,
today's society will be faced with. To conclude, the aim of this
workshop was to update the knowledge on water related issues and to
discuss practical solutions to reduce (if even not to stop) water
pollution while integrating experts from technological, environmental
and social-economic fields.
