Environmental engineering / Ruth F. Weiner and Robin A. Matthews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiner, Ruth F.

Contributor:

Matthews, Robin A.

Vesilind, P. Aarne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to air, water, noise, and radioactive materials pollution and its control. Legal and regulatory principles and risk analysis are included in addition to engineering principles.The text presents the engineering principles governing the generation and control of air and water pollutants, solid and hazardous waste, and noise. Water quality and drinking water treatment are discussed, as well as the elements of risk analysis. Radioactive waste generation and treatment in relation to the nuclear fuel cycle, are discussed. The health and environ

Contents:

Front Cover; Environmental Engineering; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Environmental Engineering; Civil Engineering; Public Health; Ecology; Ethics; Environmental Engineering as a Profession; Organization of This Text; Chapter 2. Assessing Environmental Impact; Environmental Impact; Use of Risk Analysis in Environmental Assessment; Socioeconomic Impact Assessment; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 3. Risk Analysis; Risk; Assessment of Risk; Probability; Dose-response Evaluation; Population Responses; Exposure and Latency; Expression of Risk; Risk Perception

Ecosystem Risk AssessmentConclusion; Problems; Chapter 4. Water Pollution; Sources of Water Pollution; Elements of Aquatic Ecology; Biodegradation; Aerobic and Anaerobic Decomposition; Effect of Pollution on Streams; Effect of Pollution on Lakes; Effect of Pollution on Groundwater; Effect of Pollution on Oceans; Heavy Metals and Toxic Substances; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 5. Measurement of Water Quality; Sampling; Dissolved Oxygen; Biochemical Oxygen Demand; Chemical Oxygen Demand; Total Organic Carbon; Turbidity; Color,Taste, and Odor; pH; Alkalinity; Solids; Nitrogen and Phosphorus

PathogensHeavy Metals; Other Organic Compounds; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 6. Water Supply; The Hydrologic Cycle and Water Availability; Groundwater Supplies; Surface Water Supplies; Water Transmission; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 7. Water Treatment; Coagulation and Flocculation; Settling; Filtration; Disinfection; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 8. Collection of Wastewater; Estimating Wastewater Quantities; System Layout; Sewer Hydraulics; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 9. Wastewater Treatment; Wastewater Characteristics; On-Site Wastewater Treatment; Central Wastewater Treatment

Primary TreatmentSecondary Treatment; Tertiary Treatment; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 10. Sludge Treatment and Disposal; Sources of Sludge; Characteristics of Sludges; Sludge Treatment; Ultimate Disposal; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 11. Nonpoint Source Water Pollution; Sediment Erosion and The Pollutant Transport Process; Prevention and Mitigation of Nonpoint Source Pollution; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 12. Solid Waste; Quantities and Characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste; Collection; Disposal Options; Litter; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 13. Solid Waste Disposal

Disposal of Unprocessed Refuse in Sanitary LandfillsVolume Reduction Before Disposal; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 14. Reuse, Recycling, and Resource Recovery; Recycling; Recovery; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 15. Hazardous Waste; Magnitude of the Problem; Waste Processing and Handling; Transportation of Hazardous Wastes; Recovery Alternatives; Hazardous Waste Management Facilities; Conclusion; Problems; Chapter 16. Radioactive Waste; Radiation; Health Effects; Sources of Radioactive Waste; Movement of Radionuclides Through the Environment; Radioactive Waste Management

Transportation of Radioactive Waste

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Environmental engineering / P. Aarne Vesilind. 3rd ed. c1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-470) and index.

Related Work:

Vesilind, P. Aarne. Environmental engineering.

ISBN:

1-281-01452-4

9786611014520

0-08-049477-3

OCLC:

476070483