Chemical Processes for Pollution Prevention and Control

This book examines how chemistry, chemical processes, and transformations are used for pollution prevention and control. Pollution prevention reduces or eliminates pollution at the source, whereas pollution control involves destroying, reducing, or managing pollutants that cannot be eliminated at the source. Applications of environmental chemistry are further illustrated by nearly 150 figures, numerous example calculations, and several case studies designed to develop analytical and problem solving skills. The book presents a variety of practical applications and is unique in its integration of pollution prevention and control, as well as air, water, and solid waste management.

Paul Mac Berthouex is Emeritus Professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has taught a wide range of environmental engineering courses, and was twice awarded the Rudolph Hering Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers, for the most valuable contribution to the environmental branch of the engineering profession. He also served on the Government of India’s Central Pollution Control Board. He has written books on air pollution and pollution control, and has been the author or coauthor of approximately 85 articles in refereed journals.

Linfield C. Brown is Emeritus Professor of civil and environmental engineering at Tufts University. He teaches courses on water quality monitoring, water and wastewater chemistry, industrial waste treatment, and pollution prevention, and serves on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Models Subcommittee of the Science Advisory Board. He is a Task Group Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ National Subcommittee on Oxygen Transfer Standards, and has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials.