Environmental engineering

Ruth F. Weiner, Robin Matthews

496 pages, parution le 23/05/2003 (4^eme édition)

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Résumé

This text embraces the latest thinking in environmental engineering Includes updates in regulation and current pollution abatement technologies.

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 environmental effects of all these pollutants are discussed. An introduction to the Federal laws and regulations governing pollution is included.

Contents

Environmental Engineering
Assessing Environmental Impact
Risk Analysis
Water Pollution
Measurement of Water Quality
Water Supply
Water Treatment
Collection of Wastewater
Wastewater Treatment
Sludge Treatment and Disposal
Nonpoint Source Water Pollution
Solid Waste
Solid Waste Disposal
Reuse, Recycling, Resource Recovery
Hazardous Waste
Radioactive Waste
Solid and Hazardous Waste Law
Meteorology and Air Pollution
Measurement of Air Quality
Air Pollution Control
Air Pollution Law
Noise Pollution

Appendices

L'auteur - Ruth F. Weiner

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University
Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

L'auteur - Robin Matthews

Director of the Institute for Watershed Studies; Professor of Environmental Studies, Western Washington University

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Butterworth-Heinemann
Auteur(s)	Ruth F. Weiner, Robin Matthews
Parution	23/05/2003
Édition	4^eme édition
Nb. de pages	496
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	840g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750672948
ISBN13	978-0-7506-7294-8