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About this book
Environmental Engineering: Principles and Practice is written for advanced undergraduate and first-semester graduate courses in the subject. The text provides a clear and concise understanding of the major topic areas facing environmental professionals.
For each topic, the theoretical principles are introduced, followed by numerous examples illustrating the process design approach. Practical, methodical and functional, this exciting new text provides knowledge and background, as well as opportunities for application, through problems and examples that facilitate understanding.
Students pursuing the civil and environmental engineering curriculum will fi nd this book accessible and will benefit from the emphasis on practical application. The text will also be of interest to students of chemical and mechanical engineering, where several environmental concepts are of interest, especially those on water and wastewater treatment, air pollution, and sustainability. Practicing engineers will find this book a valuable resource, since it covers the major environmental topics and provides numerous step-by-step examples to facilitate learning and problem-solving.
Environmental Engineering: Principles and Practice offers all the major topics, with a focus upon:
• a robust problem-solving scheme introducing statistical analysis;
• example problems with both US and SI units;
• water and wastewater design;
• sustainability;
• public health.
There is also a companion website with illustrations, problems and solutions.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributing Authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- About the Companion Website
- Chapter 1: Introduction to environmental engineering and problem solving
- Chapter 2: Essential chemistry concepts
- Chapter 3: Water and wastewater characteristics
- Chapter 4: Essential biology concepts
- Chapter 5: Environmental systems: modeling and reactor design
- Chapter 6: Design of water treatment systems
- Chapter 7: Design of wastewater treatment systems
- Chapter 8: Municipal solid waste management
- Chapter 9: Air pollution
- Chapter 10: Environmental sustainability
- Chapter 11: Environmental public health
- Chapter 12: Hazardous waste management
- The Periodic Table
- Index
- End User License Agreement