Buku ini menyajikan hasil penelitian tentang pencemaran air dan penanganannya yang dibahas dengan cara pandang multi-disiplin. Artikel-artikelnya telah dipilih dari serangkaian materi dari Aquatic Ecology Course yang diselenggarakan di Jawahalal Nehru University dengan bantuan Central Board for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, New Delhi. Topik-topik yang termasuk dalam buku ini adalah: Aquatic Ecosystem, The Aquatic Environment, Eutrophication, Energy Flow Through an Aquatic Ecosystem, Water Budgeting and Planning, Pollution of Surface and Ground Waters, Pesticide Pollution of Water, Heavy Metals in Aquatic Environment, Thermal Pollution, Radioactive, Pollution in the Environment, Environmental Impact of Nuclear Industry, Fisheries and Water Pollution, Concepts of Criteria and Purity Standards In water Quality Management, Biological Indicators and Indices of Water Quality, Water Resources Management, Natural Regeneration Capacity of Natural Waters.