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1. Water quality management: western experiences and challenges for central and eastern European countries.. 2. Use of water quality models.. 3. Models for reservoirs, lakes and wetlands.. 4. Modeling toxic contaminants in an aquatic environment.. 5. Sediment toxicity and equilibrium partitioning development of sediment quality criteria for toxic substances.. 6. Contaminated sediments and remediation-geochemical perspective.. 7. Assessment and impact of large scale metal polluted sites.. 8. Groundwater remediation and modeling.. 9. Wastewater treatment technology, economy and politics.. 10. Wastewater treatment process development in central and eastern Europe - strategies for a stepwise development involving chemical and biological treatment.. 11. Factors affecting water quality of (large rivers-past experiences and future outlook.. 12. River basin water quality management strategies in the central European region: an example of the Nitra river (Slovakia.. 13. The state of the art in economic instruments and institutions for water quality management.. 14. Use of economic instruments to enhance CEE water quality: institutional changes and research challenges.. 15. Summary and conclusions.. Subject Index

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Leading experts present methodologies for basinwide approaches to water quality restoration. In 15 chapters the identification of pollution sources, definition of standards and their attainability, surface and groundwater modeling, remediation of contaminated soils and sediments, development and implementation of low cost treatment technologies, basinwide water quality management and remediation, and economic and institutional issues are covered. The book focuses on the situation in central and eastern European countries; however, the topics and solutions are of general interest and have worldwide applications. Inglés

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