Note: Intro -- Riverbank Filtration for Water Security in Desert Countries -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- Chapter 1 Riverbank Filtration Concepts and Applicability to Desert Environments -- References -- Chapter 2 Water Pollution and Riverbank Filtration for Water Supply Along River Nile, Egypt -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Drinking Water Sources and Pollution -- 3.1. Pollution of River Nile -- 3.2. Pollution of Groundwater -- 4. Situation of Drinking Water in Egypt -- 4.1. Quantity of Supplied Water -- 4.2. Quality of Supplied Water -- 5. Riverbank Filtration (RBF) -- 6. RBF for Water Supply in Nile Valley -- 6.1. Nile Water and RBF -- 6.2. Nile - Aquifer Interaction -- 6.3. RBF Wells at Naga Hamadi -- 6.4. RBF Benefits and Scheme in Nile Valley -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 A Combined RBF and ASR System for Providing Drinking Water in Water Scarce Areas -- 1. Introduction -- Review of Past Relevant Work -- 2. Methods and Procedures -- Key reactions involved in RBF and ASR -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1. The RBF Subsystem -- 3.2. The ASR Subsystem -- 3.3. Pyrite Oxidation and Arsenic Mobility -- 4. Conclusions and Future Research Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 4 Behavior of Dissolved Organic Carbon During Bank Filtration Under Extreme Climate Conditions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Climate Projections and Their Relevance to the Abstraction of Bank Filtrate -- 3. Temperature Patterns of Water Resources -- 4. Effects of Low Flow Periods on Bank Filtrate Quality -- 5. Effects of Flood Events on River Bank Filtration -- 6. Evaluation Based on the Sum Parameter DOC -- 6.1. Boundary Conditions -- 6.2. Materials and Methods -- 6.3. Results and Discussion -- 7. Adaptation Measures -- References -- Chapter 5 Risk Assessment for Chemical Spills in the River Rhine -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Site Description. , 3. Development of River Water Quality at the Rhine -- 4. Risk Assessment -- 4.1. Rhine Alarm Model -- 4.2. Well Management -- 4.3. The Chloracetophenon Case in 2003 -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Fluorescent Microspheres as Surrogates in Evaluating the Efficacy of Riverbank Filtration for Removing Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts and Other Pathogens -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Comparisons of Microsphere and Microbial Transport Behaviors in the Subsurface -- 3. Microspheres for Assessing Vulnerability of RBF Wells to Cryptosporidium Contamination -- 3.1. Comparison of Oocyst and Microsphere Properties -- 3.2. Bench-Scale Comparisons of Microsphere and Oocyst Transport -- 3.3. Field Transport Studies Using Oocyst-Sized Microspheres -- 4. Limitations of Microspheres as Surrogates -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 Hydrogeochemical Processes During Riverbank Filtration and Artificial Recharge of Polluted Surface Waters: Zonation, Identification, and Quantification -- 1. Introduction -- 2. RBF and AR Types -- 3. Compartments and Processes -- 3.1. The Surface Water Compartment -- 3.2. The Recharge Proximal Aquifer Zone -- 3.3. The Distant Aquifer Zone -- 3.4. The Recovery System and the Discharge Proximal Zone -- 4. Redox Zonation -- 4.1. Definition and Measurement -- 4.2. Typical Zonation Patterns -- RBF -- Basin AR -- ASTR -- ASR -- 4.3. Redox Dependent Removal Efficiencies -- 5. Identification and Quantification of Reactions by Mass Balancing -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. REACTIONS+6 -- 5.3. Examples of Application -- 6. Reactive Transport Modeling -- 7. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 8 Potential of Riverbank Filtration to Remove Explosive Chemicals -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Methods -- 3. Results -- 4. Conclusions -- References. , Chapter 9 Framework for Assessment of Organic Micropollutant Removals During Managed Aquifer Recharge and Recovery -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 2.1. Guidelines for Estimating Removal Efficiencies -- 2.2. QSAR -- 2.2.1. Dataset -- 2.2.2. Molecular Descriptors -- 2.2.3. Model Techniques and Validation -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1. Guidelines -- 3.2. QSAR -- 3.2.1. Model Development -- 3.2.2. Model Validation -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10 Dissolved Organic Carbon as an Indicator Parameter for Groundwater Flow and Transport -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Requirements of Indicator Parameters -- 3. Review of DOC Characterization and Transport Research -- 4. Modeling DOC Degradation -- 4.1. Mathematical Model -- 4.2. Model Assumptions -- 4.3. Conceptual Model -- 5. Application of the Conceptual Model to the Evaluation of Anthropogenically Impacted Aquifers -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 Planning, Design and Operations of Collector 6, Sonoma County Water Agency -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Purpose of Collector 6 Project -- 3. Background -- 3.1. Hydrology of the Russian River -- 3.2. Hydrogeologic Setting -- 3.3. SCWA Water Supply Facilities and Operations -- 4. Collector 6 Site Selection -- 5. Planning and Site Characterization Activities -- 5.1. Phase 1-Initial Site Characterization -- 5.2. Phase 2-Detailed Site Assessment -- 6. Development of Collector 6 Conceptual Design -- 7. Detailed Design and Construction of Collector 6 -- 7.1. Permitting -- 7.2. Caisson -- 7.3. Installation of Conventional Laterals -- 7.4. Development of Conventional Laterals -- 7.5. Performance Testing -- 7.6. Design and Installation of Long, Large Diameter Laterals -- 7.6.1. Initial Design and Drilling System Configuration -- 7.6 .2. Initial Unsuccessful Installation Attempts -- 7.6.3. Modified Installation Methodology. , 7.7. Successful Installation of Lateral A5-1 -- 7.8. Analytic Element Modeling and Installation of Lateral A5-2 -- 7.9. Development of LLDLs -- 7.10. Embankment -- 7.11. Pumphouse Facility and Associated Equipment -- 7.11.1. Pumphouse Building and Foundation -- 7.11.2. Pumping System -- 7.11.3. Surge Control System -- 7.11.4. Chlorination System -- 7.11.5. Water Quality Sampling System -- 8. Startup Testing -- 8.1. Pre-Production Monitoring -- 8.2. Post-Production Monitoring -- 9. Sustainable Operations -- 10. Capacity Analysis of Collector 6 -- 11. Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 12 Evaluation of Bank Filtration for Drinking Water Supply in Patna by the Ganga River, India -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Study Area -- 2.1. Physiography and Hydrogeology -- 2.1.1. South Ganga Plain -- 2.1.2. Patna -- 2.2. Drinking Water Supply -- 3. Data and Methods -- 3.1. Field and Laboratory Investigations -- 3.2. Groundwater Flow Model Geometry and Boundary Conditions -- 4. Results and Discussion -- 4.1. Ground and Surface Water Levels -- 4.2. Ganga River Morphology -- 4.3. Water Quality -- 4.4. Groundwater Flow Modeling -- 4.5. Isotope Analyses -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13 Minimizing Security Risks Beyond the Fence-Line: Design Features of a Tunnel-Connected Riverbank Filtration System -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Design Considerations -- 2.1. Extraction Systems -- 2.2. Design Issues -- 3. Construction -- 4. Summary -- Chapter 14 Removal of Iron and Manganese within the Aquifer Using Enhanced Riverbank Filtration Technique Under Arid Conditions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Iron and Manganese Distribution and Associated Problems in Egypt -- 3. Hydrogeological Conditions of the Nile Delta System -- 4. Research Assumptions, Materials and Methods -- 5. Design of the Site and Detailed Hydrogeology -- 6. Results and Discussion. , 6.1. Hydrogeology and RBF Wells Productivity -- 6.2. Water Quality and Quality Changes -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15 Riverbank Filtration as an Alternative Treatment Technology: AbuTieg Case Study, Egypt -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Statement of the Problem and Objectives -- 3. Examination Site -- 3.1. Nile Aquifer -- 3.2. Quaternary Aquifer -- 4. Materials and Methods -- 5. Results and Discussions -- 5.1. Quality of Nile Water -- 5.2. Behavior of Biological Contaminants -- 5.3. Quality of Bank Filtered Water -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16 Quality of Riverbank Filtrated Water on the Base of Poznań City (Poland) Waterworks Experiences -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Characteristic of the Mosina-Krajkowo Waterworks -- 3. Investigations -- 4. Results of Investigations -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 17 Riverbank Filtration as an Alternative to Surface Water Abstraction for Safe Drinking Water Supply to the City of Khabarovsk, Russia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hydrology of the Amur River -- 3. Pollution of the Sungari River -- 4. Pollution in the Amur River -- 5. Accident in the Sungari River Basin in 2005 -- 6. Amur and Sungari Rivers Pollution After the Accident -- 7. An Alternative Means of Drinking Water Production -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- INDEX.