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Environmental Impact of Cooling Water Treatment for Biofouling and Biocorrosion Control

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Operational and Environmental Consequences of Large Industrial Cooling Water Systems

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Water cooling towers are major users of water worldwide. Industrial development has resulted in an increase in the use of water for cooling tower operations. This has led to an expansion of the demand for water and natural resources, particularly in threshold countries such as China, India and South Africa. It is well known that how we use water in industrial applications will drastically affect water quality downstream. What seems as an isolated incidence often results in a complex interaction and the negative effects may amplify each other. While the challenges for water management increase, there are opportunities to prevent destruction of the environment and the water source and in doing so create a sustainable environment for development and water use.

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  1. University of Pretoria Water Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0011, South Africa

    Eugene Cloete

  2. Biofilm Centre, University of Duisburg-Essen, Geibelstrasse 41, 47057, Duisburg, Germany

    Hans-Curt Flemming

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  1. Inst. Wetland & Water Research, Dept. Animal Ecology & Ecophysiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, Nijmegen, 6525 ED, Netherlands

    Sanjeevi Rajagopal

  2. Department of Environmental Research, N.V. KEMA, R&D Division, Arnhem, 6800, Netherlands

    Henk A. Jenner

  3. Water & Steam Chemistry Division, Biofouling & Biofilm Processes Section, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, 603102, India

    Vayalam P. Venugopalan

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Cloete, E., Flemming, HC. (2012). Environmental Impact of Cooling Water Treatment for Biofouling and Biocorrosion Control. In: Rajagopal, S., Jenner, H., Venugopalan, V. (eds) Operational and Environmental Consequences of Large Industrial Cooling Water Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1698-2_13

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