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Engineering Environment
- Cover (Page 1) - Frontmatter (Page 4) - Half Title Page (Page 4) - Title Page (Page 6) - Copyright (Page 7) - Table of Contents (Page 10) - Preface (Page 16) - Chapter 1: Environmental Engineering (Page 18) - Civil Engineering (Page 18) - Public Health (Page 21) - Ecology (Page 22) - Ethics (Page 24) - Environmental Engineering as a Profession (Page 27) - Organization of This Text (Page 27) - Chapter 2: Assessing Environmental Impact (Page 30) - Environmental Impact (Page 30) - Use of Risk Analysis in Environmental Assessment (Page 40) - Socioeconomic Impact Assessment (Page 41) - Conclusion 2 (Page 46) - Problems 2 (Page 47) - Chapter 3: Risk Analysis (Page 50) - Risk (Page 50) - Assessment of Risk (Page 51) - Probability (Page 52) - Dose-Response Evaluation (Page 55) - Population Responses (Page 57) - Exposure and Latency (Page 57) - Expression of Risk (Page 58) - Risk Perception (Page 63) - Ecosystem Risk Assessment (Page 64) - Conclusion 3 (Page 64) - Problems 3 (Page 64) - Chapter 4: Water Pollution (Page 68) - Sources of Water Pollution (Page 68) - Elements of Aquatic Ecology (Page 71) - Biodegradation (Page 74) - Aerobic and Anaerobic Decomposition (Page 75) - Effect of Pollution on Streams (Page 77) - Effect of Pollution on Lakes (Page 87) - Effect of Pollution on Groundwater (Page 90) - Effect of Pollution on Oceans (Page 92) - Heavy Metals and Toxic Substances (Page 93) - Conclusion 4 (Page 93) - Problems 4 (Page 94) - Chapter 5: Measurement of Water Quality (Page 98) - Sampling (Page 98) - Dissolved Oxygen (Page 99) - Biochemical Oxygen Demand (Page 101) - Chemical Oxygen Demand (Page 108) - Total Organic Carbon (Page 108) - Turbidity (Page 109) - Color, Taste, and Odor (Page 109) - pH (Page 109) - Alkalinity (Page 111) - Solids (Page 111) - Nitrogen and Phosphorus (Page 114) - Pathogens (Page 116) - Heavy Metals (Page 119) - Other Organic Compounds (Page 120) - Conclusion 5 (Page 121) - Problems 5 (Page 121) - Chapter 6: Water Supply (Page 124) - The Hydrologic Cycle and Water Availability (Page 124) - Groundwater Supplies (Page 125) - Surface Water Supplies (Page 132) - Water Transmission (Page 136) - Conclusion 6 (Page 149) - Problems 6 (Page 151) - Chapter 7: Water Treatment (Page 152) - Coagulation and Flocculation (Page 152) - Settling (Page 157) - Filtration (Page 158) - Disinfection (Page 167) - Conclusion 7 (Page 168) - Problems 7 (Page 168) - Chapter 8: Collection of Wastewater (Page 170) - Estimating Wastewater Quantities (Page 170) - System Layout (Page 171) - Sewer Hydraulics (Page 174) - Conclusion 8 (Page 181) - Problems 8 (Page 182) - Chapter 9: Wastewater Treatment (Page 184) - Wastewater Characteristics (Page 184) - On-site Wastewater Treatment (Page 186) - Central Wastewater Treatment (Page 188) - Primary Treatment (Page 189) - Secondary Treatment (Page 199) - Tertiary Treatment (Page 212) - Conclusion 9 (Page 217) - Problems 9 (Page 219) - Chapter 10: Sludge Treatment and Disposal (Page 222) - Sources of Sludge (Page 222) - Characteristics of Sludges (Page 224) - Sludge Treatment (Page 227) - Ultimate Disposal (Page 245) - Conclusion 10 (Page 247) - Problems 10 (Page 248) - Chapter 11: Nonpoint Source Water Pollution (Page 250) - Sediment Erosion and the Pollutant Transport Process (Page 252) - Prevention and Mitigation of Nonpoint Source Pollution (Page 258) - Conclusion 11 (Page 265) - Problems 11 (Page 265) - Chapter 12: Solid Waste (Page 268) - Quantities and Characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste (Page 269) - Collection (Page 271) - Disposal Options (Page 276) - Litter (Page 278) - Conclusion 12 (Page 278) - Problems 12 (Page 278) - Chapter 13: Solid Waste Disposal (Page 280) - Disposal of Unprocessed Refuse in Sanitary Landfills (Page 280) - Volume Reduction Before Disposal (Page 286) - Conclusion 13 (Page 287) - Problems 13 (Page 287) - Chapter 14: Reuse, Recycling, and Resource Recovery (Page 290) - Recycling (Page 290) - Recovery (Page 291) - Conclusion 14 (Page 309) - Problems 14 (Page 309) - Chapter 15: Hazardous Waste (Page 312) - Magnitude of the Problem (Page 312) - Waste Processing and Handling (Page 315) - Transportation of Hazardous Wastes (Page 316) - Recovery Alternatives (Page 318) - Hazardous Waste Management Facilities (Page 320) - Conclusion 15 (Page 327) - Problems 15 (Page 328) - Chapter 16: Radioactive Waste (Page 330) - Radiation (Page 330) - Health Effects (Page 338) - Sources of Radioactive Waste (Page 342) - Movement of Radionuclides Through the Environment (Page 350) - Radioactive Waste Management (Page 351) - Transportation of Radioactive Waste (Page 354) - Conclusion 16 (Page 354) - Problems 16 (Page 355) - Chapter 17: Solid and Hazardous Waste Law (Page 358) - Nonhazardous Solid Waste (Page 359) - Hazardous Waste (Page 362) - Conclusion 17 (Page 367) - Problems 17 (Page 367) - Chapter 18: Meteorology and Air Pollution (Page 368) - Basic Meteorology (Page 368) - Horizontal Dispersion of Pollutants (Page 369) - Vertical Dispersion of Pollutants (Page 372) - Atmospheric Dispersion (Page 378) - Cleansing the Atmosphere (Page 385) - Conclusion 18 (Page 388) - Problems 18 (Page 388) - Chapter 19: Measurement of Air Quality (Page 392) - Measurement of Particulate Matter (Page 392) - Measurement of Gases (Page 394) - Reference Methods (Page 397) - Grab Samples (Page 398) - Stack Samples (Page 398) - Smoke and Opacity (Page 399) - Conclusion 19 (Page 399) - Problems 19 (Page 399) - Chapter 20: Air Pollution Control (Page 402) - Source Correction (Page 402) - Collection of Pollutants (Page 402) - Cooling (Page 403) - Treatment (Page 404) - Control of Gaseous Pollutants (Page 416) - Control of Moving Sources (Page 421) - Control of Global Climate Change (Page 424) - Conclusion 20 (Page 424) - Problems 20 (Page 425) - Chapter 21: Air Pollution Law (Page 428) - Air Quality and Common Law (Page 428) - Statutory Law (Page 430) - Moving Sources (Page 435) - Tropospheric Ozone (Page 436) - Acid Rain (Page 436) - Problems of Implementation (Page 437) - Conclusion 21 (Page 438) - Problems 21 (Page 438) - Chapter 22: Noise Pollution (Page 440) - The Concept of Sound (Page 440) - Sound Pressure Level, Frequency, and Propagation (Page 443) - Sound Level (Page 447) - Measuring Transient Noise (Page 451) - The Acoustic Environment (Page 453) - Health Effects of Noise (Page 454) - The Dollar Cost of Noise (Page 457) - Noise Control (Page 458) - Conclusion 22 (Page 460) - Problems 22 (Page 461) - Backmatter (Page 464) - Appendix A (Page 464) - Appendix B (Page 468) - Appendix C (Page 472) - Appendix D (Page 474) - Appendix E (Page 482) - Index (Page 488) - Back Cover (Page 510)