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(vi) With respect to human health and ecological impact, discuss
the short- and long-term consequences of the products of the
synthetic organic chemical industry upon the quality of surface
waters and groundwaters.
(vii) Explain the chemistry underlying (i) the major detrimental
effects of metal mining upon rivers and groundwaters and (ii)
associated preventive or remedial measures.
(viii) Critically discuss the effectiveness of measures to counter the
effects of (i) acidification and (ii) eutrophication in freshwater
lakes.
FURTHER READING
E.K. Berner and R.A. Berner, Global Environment: Water, Air and
Geochemical Cycles, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1996.
P.J. Boon and D.L. Howell (eds), Freshwater Quality: Defining the
Indefinable?, The Stationery Oce, Edinburgh, 1997.
R. Clarke and J. King, The Atlas of Water, Earthscan, London, 2004.
R.A. Downing, Groundwater - Our Hidden Asset, British Geological
Survey, NERC, Keyworth, 1998.
J.I. Drever, The Geochemistry of Natural Waters, 3rd edn, Prentice-Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1997.
M.E. Essington, Soil and Water Chemistry: An Integrative Approach,
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2004.
A.J. Horne, Limnology, 2nd edn, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994.
D. Langmuir, Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry, Prentice-Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1997.
P.S. Maitland, P.J. Boon and D.S. McLusky (eds), The Fresh Waters of
Scotland, Wiley, Chichester, 1994.
C.F. Mason, Biology of Freshwater Pollution, 3rd edn, Longman,
Harlow, 1996.
J. Mather, D. Banks, S. Dumpleton and M. Fermor, Groundwater
Contaminants and their Migration (eds), Geological Society, London,
Special Publication No.128, 1998.
F.M. Morel and J.G. Hering, Principles and Applications of Aquatic
Chemistry, Wiley, New York, 1993.
J. Pankow, Aquatic Chemistry Concepts, Lewis, Michigan, 1991.
REFERENCES
1. J. Rees, Sci. Public Aff., 1997, (Winter), 20.
2. R. Clarke and J. King, The Atlas of Water, Earthscan, London, 2004.
