Note: Intro -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Design and Simulation of Vertical Handover Algorithm for Intelligent Transport System Using Analytic Hierarchy Process -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Analytic Hierarchy Process -- 3 Design Methodology of Vertical Handover -- 4 Simulation Results for Voice Application -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Particulate Matter Emission Assessment and Future Outlook Through Air Dispersion Model for Sustainable Development Planning in an Inland City in Central Maharashtra, India -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Study Area -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Emission Inventory -- 2.2 Dispersion Modelling -- 2.3 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring at Receptor -- 3 Result -- 3.1 Emission Inventory -- 3.2 Disperssion Modelling -- 3.3 Monitoring -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Point Source Mitigation Action Plan -- 4.2 Area Sources -- 4.3 Line Sources -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Assessment on Prevention of Groundwater Contamination -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Illustrations -- 2.1 Groundwater: Its Contamination, Pollution, and Its Prevention in India. By Kunjlata Lal, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Education Ranchi Women's College, Ranchi, Jharkhand [5] -- 2.2 Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh: Causes, Effects, and Remediation -- 2.3 Groundwater Pollution and Remediation -- 2.4 Contamination of Groundwater Systems in the US and Canada by Enteric Pathogens, 1990-2013 -- 2.5 Drastic Approach to Controlling Groundwater Pollution -- 2.6 Possible Methods of Preventing Groundwater Contamination at Landfill Sites -- Case Studies from Nepal -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Sensitivity Study on the Classical Biofilm Model Using a Simplified Solution Method -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Objective -- 2.1 Materials and Methods -- 2.2 Results and Discussion -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Risk of Extinction of Species in an Ecological System: Estimation and Analysis. , 1 Introduction -- 2 Joint Probability Distribution of Prey-Predator in a Two Dimensional Ecological Model -- 3 Derivation of Joint Probability Distribution -- 3.1 Marginal Distribution of Prey -- 4 Derivation of Difference Equation for Persistence Time of Prey -- 5 Application to Predator-Prey Models -- 6 Result and Discussion -- References -- An Experimental Study on Integrated Power-Free Shock Electrodialysis for Desalination -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Objectives -- 3 Materials and Methodology -- 3.1 Constituents of Synthetic Seawater -- 3.2 Desalinator Setup -- 3.3 Power Generator Setup -- 3.4 Experimental Procedure -- 4 Results and Discussions -- 4.1 Effect of Time and Voltage on the Electrodialysis Process -- 4.2 Effect of Voltage on % Removal of TDS -- 4.3 Effect of Voltage on EC Reduction -- 4.4 Power Consumption at Different Voltage -- 4.5 Optimization of Electrodialysis Process Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) -- 4.6 Experimental Procedure for Optimization -- 4.7 Summary of Responses for Synthetic Seawater Sample -- 4.8 Electrodialysis on Synthetic Seawater at Different NaCl Molar Concentration -- 4.9 Results of Power Generation -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Brassica Juncea (L.) Czern. (Indian Mustard): A Potential Candidate for the Phytoremediation of Mercury from Soil -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Method -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Hg Concentration in Plant's Tissues (Root, Stem, and Leaf) -- 3.2 Volatilization of Hg from Hg-Treated Blank Soil at 30th, 60th, and 90th Day of Exposure -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Stabilization of Expansive Soil Using Saw Dust -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Objectives of Study -- 3 Expansive Soil -- 4 Laboratory Studies -- 4.1 Standard Proctor Compaction Test -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 5.1 Effect of Saw Dust on Proctor Compaction Tests. , 5.2 Effect of Saw Dust on Atterberg's Limits of Soil -- 5.3 Effect of Saw Dust on Plasticity Index -- 5.4 Effect of Saw Dust on CBR Tests Result -- 5.5 Effect of Saw Dust on Direct Shear Test -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Analysing the Influence of Groundwater Exploitation on Its Quality in Kolkata -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Location of the Study Area -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Efficacy Evaluation of Conventional Water Treatment Process and THMs Modeling in Drinking Water of Five Cities in India -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Material and Methods -- 2.1 Sample Collection -- 2.2 Analytical Methods -- 2.3 Predictive Modeling Approaches of THMs -- 3 Result and Discussion -- 3.1 Water Quality Status and Distribution of THMs Precursors -- 3.2 Efficacy Evaluation of Existing Treatment System for Removal of THMs Precursors -- 3.3 Modeling of THMs Formation Using SVM -- 3.4 Validation of SVM Model -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Study of Water Quality Index to Ascertain the Suitability of Surface Water for Domestic Purposes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Theoretical Analysis -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Evaluation of Anthropogenic-Driven Water Pollution Effects in an Urban Freshwater Resource Using Integration Pollution Index Method -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Study Area -- 3 Materials and Methods -- 4 Results and Discussions -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Improved Sequential Approach for Hybrid Bioleaching of Metals from E-Waste -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 E-Waste Collection and Processing -- 2.2 Bacteria and Culture Conditions -- 2.3 Biological Oxidation of Ferrous Iron -- 2.4 Hybrid Bioleaching -- 2.5 Analytical Procedure -- 3 Results and Discussion. , 3.1 Metallic Content and Surface Morphology of Comminuted PCB Before and After Hybrid Bioleaching -- 3.2 Variation in Fe2+ and Fe3+ Concentrations, pH, and ORP Before and After PCB Addition -- 3.3 Metal Extraction Following Sequential Approach for Hybrid Bioleaching -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Green Energy Based Low Cost Smart Indoor Air Quality Monitoring and Purifying System -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Existing Works -- 3 Principle of Working -- 3.1 Monitoring Unit -- 3.2 Control Unit -- 4 Results and Discussions -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Degradation of Phenol Using Batch-Fluidization Process by Transition Metal Impregnated Red Mud as Modified Catalyst in Heterogeneous Fenton Process -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Preparation of N-RM and RM-Co Catalyst -- 4 Experimental Set-up -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 5.1 N-RM and RM-Co Characterization -- 6 Degradation Study -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Application of Low-Cost Air Quality Monitoring Sensor to Assess the Exposure of Ambient Air Pollution Due to PM2.5 and PM10 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 The Design of the Study and Sites -- 2.2 Low-Cost Monitoring Solution -- 2.3 Data Collection, Extraction, and Processing -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Validation Experiment -- 3.2 Spatial Variation -- 3.3 Diurnal Variation -- 3.4 Temporal Variation -- 3.5 Most Exposed Zone -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Estimation of Greenhouse Gases in the Ambient Air -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Emission from Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) -- 1.2 Emission from Irrigated Rice Fields (IRF) -- 1.3 Emission from Constructed Wetlands (CWs) -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) -- 2.2 Irrigated Rice Fields (IRF) -- 2.3 Constructed Wetlands (CWs) -- 3 Result and Discussion -- 3.1 Action Plan -- 4 Conclusion -- References. , Indoor Air Pollution at Restaurant Kitchen in Delhi NCR -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Result and Discussion -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Determination of SCS Runoff Curve Number and Landuse Characteristics of Khowai River Catchment, Tripura, India -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Degradation of Plastics Causing Pollution Using Bacteria for Improvement of Freshwater Fish Cultivation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Assessment and MLR Modeling of Traffic Noise at Major Urban Roads of Residential and Commercial Areas of Surat City -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methodology -- 3 Data Analysis and Results -- 3.1 Bhatar Road (Flexible Pavement) -- 3.2 Swami Vivekananda Marg (Flexible Pavement) -- 3.3 Big Bazaar-Vesu Road (Rigid Pavement) -- 4 Model Developments -- 4.1 For All Three Roads -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- A Review on the Advanced Techniques Used for the Capturing and Storage of CO2 from Fossil Fuel Power Plants -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Emissions of CO2 from Fossil Fuel Power Plant -- 3 Cost and Efficiency -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Assessment and Characterization of Air Pollution Due to Vehicular Emission Considering the AQI and LOS of Various Roadways in Kolkata -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Data Collection -- 2.2 Factor Analysis -- 2.3 Principle Component Analysis -- 2.4 Model Development Using Ordered Logit Model -- 2.5 Case Study: (Amherst Street) -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Advent of Graphene Oxide and Carbon Nanotubes in Removal of Heavy Metals from Water: A Review -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Carbon Nanotubes -- 3 Graphene Oxide -- 4 Conclusion -- References. , Removal of Arsenic V+ contaminant by Fixed Bed Column Study by Graphene Oxide Manganese Iron (GO-Mn-Fe) Nano Composite-Coated Sand.