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An Overview on Toxicity, Detection, and Removal of Chromium in Water and WasteWater

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The inorganic pollutants especially toxic metals in excess quantity deteriorate the quality of water. In current climatic conditions, the quality of water has become a serious issue to our society due to increase in anthropogenic as well as natural activities. Moreover, the amount of chromium in water resources has increased not only in most of the places in India but also abroad. Consequently, the toxic nature of chromium including its occurrence, geochemistry, detection, and removal techniques from water and wastewater have been studied in the present paper. The paper also describes the chemical nature of various forms of chromium.

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The authors are thankful to GBPIHED, Kosi Katarmal, Almora for the support to complete this work and also thankful to the Director USERC for providing the necessary facilities.

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    Bhavtosh Sharma

  2. Chemistry Department, DAV Post Graduate College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

    Prashant Singh

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Sharma, B., Singh, P. (2020). An Overview on Toxicity, Detection, and Removal of Chromium in Water and WasteWater. In: Siddiqui, N., Tauseef, S., Dobhal, R. (eds) Advances in Water Pollution Monitoring and Control. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9956-6_2

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