After my long association with the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay,
several colleagues suggested that I should write a book on Water Chemistry,
considering my deep involvement with the development of this subject. Since I
felt that writing a book would be no easy task, I deferred it. Three years later
during my recovery from surgery, which restricted my outdoor movements my
wife persuaded me to start this task. In deference to her wishes and that of
other friends, I made a beginning and soon found that MIs Wiley Eastern Ltd.
would be willing to publish it. From then onwards, there wns no going back and
the result is this monograph, "Water Chemistry and Industrial Water Treatment."