Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification, Four Volume Set provides a rich source of methods for analyzing water to assure its safety from natural and deliberate contaminants, including those that are added because of carelessness of human endeavors. Human development has great impact on water quality, and new contaminants are emerging every day. The issues of sampling for water analysis, regulatory considerations, and forensics in water quality and purity investigations are covered in detail. Microbial as well as chemical contaminations from inorganic compounds, radionuclides, volatile and semivolatile compounds, disinfectants, herbicides, and pharmaceuticals, including endocrine disruptors, are treated extensively. Unlike other works that concentrate on water supply, resource management, hydrology, and water use by industry, this work focuses on monitoring and improvement of existing water supplies and wastewater recovery via new and standard separation techniques. Using analytical chemistry methods, it offers remediation advice on pollutants and contaminants in addition to providing critical identification perspectives.