Title: Basic Environmental Technology: Water Supply, Waste Management, and Pollution Control
Publisher: Pearson College Div
ISBN 10: 0130930857
ISBN 13: 9780130930859
Condition: Good

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This clearly written, easy-to-read book offers a practical introduction to the topics of water supply, waste management, and pollution control. Because of the wide scope of the subject matter, the author has included review sections so that readers with little knowledge of biology, chemistry, geology, or hydraulics can comprehend and use this book, and mathematical topics are introduced at a relatively basic level. An overview of environmental technology introduces the book, and includes a discussion of public health, ecology, geology, and soils. The book then focuses on water and wastewater topics, including hydraulics and hydrology, water quality and water pollution, drinking water treatment and distribution, sewage collection, sewage treatment and disposal, and stormwater water management. Municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, air pollution, and noise pollution are also discussed. For individuals working in the fields of environmental quality control and public health protection, as well as civil engineers, wastewater technicians, and water treatment professionals.

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This text offers a practical introduction to a wide range of environmental topics, focusing primarily on water and wastewater, solid and hazardous waste, and air and noise pollution control. It emphasizes fundamental concepts and basic applications so that students with little or no experience in biology, chemistry, geology, and hydraulics can comprehend this book.

Key features:

clear, easy-to-read style
presentation of mathematical topics at a relatively basic level
hundreds of example problems, diagrams, and photographs
numerous chapter review questions and practice problems
utilizes both SO metric and U.S. customary units
new appendix containing a basic math review

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