TY - CHAP AU - Gehan Mohamed Ibrahim AU - Belal El-Gammal ED - Taner Yonar Y1 - 2018-08-29 PY - 2018 T1 - Recent Drifts in pH-Sensitive Reverse Osmosis N2 - Water is accepted as the most important source of life. It is assumed that life began in water and spread from there to the whole world. But water has been polluted anthropogenically since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the late 19th century. At the end of the 20th century, most water sources cannot be used for aquaculture, irrigation, and human use. Therefore, for sustainable development, we have to protect our water sources on Earth, because it's the only planet we have! BT - Wastewater and Water Quality SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.75897 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.75897 SN - 978-1-78923-621-7 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-27 ER -