MODULE 1 Water Treatment 1
Unit 1 Basic Concepts Related to Flowing Water and Measurements 1
Unit 2 Wastewater Treatment 6
Unit 3 Activated Sludge Process 11
Unit 4 Membrane Separation 15
Unit 5 Membrane Filtration with Reversible Adsorption:Hollow Fiber Membranes as Collectors of Colloidal Particles 21
MODULE 2 Air Pollution 25
Unit 1 Worldwide Air Pollution 25
Unit 2 Power From Coal With Responsibility 29
Unit 3 Indoor Air Pollution 33
Unit 4 Global Warming and Chinese Glacier Melting 42
Unit 5 Thinking Rationally About Global Warming 47
MODULE 3 Municipal Solid Wastes and Hazardous Wastes Management 53
Unit 1 Solid Waste Characterization Methods 53
Unit 2 Incineration 59
Unit 3 Landfills 67
Unit 4 Strategy in Landfilling Solid Wastes:Different Solutions in Practice 74
MODULE 4 Ecology 83
Unit 1 Fundamental Principles of Ecology 83
Unit 2 Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification 88
Unit 3 Biology and Environment Protect 91
Unit 4 Biodiversity 95
Unit 5 Saving the Finless Porpoise 101
MODULE 5 Sustainability 107
Unit 1 Sustainability 107
Unit 2 Sustainable Energy 117
Unit 3 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Hydroelectricity 122
MODULE 6 Environmental Impact Assessment 130
Unit 1 Fundamental of Environmental Impact Assessment 130
Unit 2 Principles of EIA Administration and Practice 134
Unit 3 Key Elements of the EIA Processes 138
Unit 4 Typical Elements of An EIA Report 141
Unit 5 The Practice of Strategic Environmental Assessment in China 146
Appendix Technical Writing:The Importance of Organizing Information 151
References 166