Biology Of Wastewater Treatment (2nd Edition)
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Biology Of Wastewater Treatment (2nd Edition)

  1. 1,444 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Biology Of Wastewater Treatment (2nd Edition)

About this book

This comprehensive text provides the reader with both a detailed reference and a unified course on wastewater treatment. Aimed at scientists and engineers, it deals with the environmental and biological aspects of wastewater treatment and sludge disposal.The book starts by examining the nature of wastewaters and how they are oxidized in the natural environment. An introductory chapter deals with wastewater treatment systems and examines how natural principles have been harnessed by man to treat his own waste in specialist reactors. The role of organisms is considered by looking at kinetics, metabolism and the different types of micro-organisms involved. All the major biological process groups are examined in detail, in highly referenced chapters; they include fixed film reactors, activated sludge, stabilization ponds, anaerobic systems and vegetative processes. Sludge treatment and disposal is examined with particular reference to the environmental problems associated with the various disposal routes. A comprehensive chapter on public health looks at the important waterborne organisms associated with disease, as well as removal processes within treatment systems. Biotechnology has had an enormous impact on wastewater treatment at every level, and this is explored in terms of resource reuse, biological conversion processes and environmental protection. Finally, there is a short concluding chapter that looks at the sustainability of waste water treatment. The text is fully illustrated and supported by over 3000 references.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Preface to the Second Edition
  4. 1 How Nature Deals with Waste
  5. 2 How Man Deals with Waste
  6. 3 The Role of Organisms
  7. 4 Fixed-Film Reactors
  8. 5 Activated Sludge
  9. 6 Natural Treatment Systems
  10. 7 Anaerobic Unit Processes
  11. 8 Sludge Treatment and Disposal
  12. 9 Public Health
  13. 10 Biotechnology and Wastewater Treatment
  14. 11 Sustainable Sanitation
  15. References
  16. Index