Handbook of Water Purity and Quality, Second Edition provides researchers and administrators a comprehensive resource of methods for analyzing water to ensure safety from natural and human-caused contaminants. It covers sampling, regulatory considerations, forensics in water quality investigations, microbial and chemical contaminants (inorganics, radionuclides, disinfectants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors), and includes economical purification techniques and new chapters on GenX contamination, climate change impacts, and green chemistry solutions.