Part One Introduction 1
Unit 1 Introduction of Water Supply 1
Reading Material A Environmental/Sanitary Engineering 5
Reading Material B Hydrological Cycle 8
Unit 2 Water Sources 11
Reading Material A Surface Water 15
Reading Material B Groundwater Recharge 17
Unit 3 The Property of Water 20
Reading Material A Analytical Methods of Water Quality 25
Reading Material B Water—Universal Solvent 27
Unit 4 Laws Pertaining to Water and Environment 30
Reading Material A New Horizons in Federal Regulation 34
Reading Material B A Conceptual Approach versus the SWTR 37
Part Two Water-supply and Collection Systems 40
Unit 5 Water-supply System 40
Reading Material A Distribution Systems 44
Reading Material B Distribution Reservoirs and Service Storage 47
Unit 6 Pumps 50
Reading Material A Grinder Pump Sewer System 54
Reading Material B Open Channel Flow 59
Unit 7 Plumbing 62
Reading Material A Drainage,Sewerage and Sewage 65
Reading Material B Treatment Plant Design 67
Unit 8 Wastewater Collection and Sewer Design 70
Reading Material A Storm Drainage System 74
Reading Material B Sanitary Sewer System 77
Part Three Water Treatment 80
Unit 9 Water Treatment Processes 80
Reading Material A Ion Exchange for Nitrate Removal 85
Reading Material B Removal of Geosmin and Methylisoborneol from Drinking Water by Adsorption on Ultrastable Zeolite-Y 87
Unit 10 Sedimentation 91
Reading Material A Coagulation and Flocculation 95
Reading Material B Colloidal Dispersions 98
Unit 11 Filtration 102
Reading Material A Filter Components 107
Reading Material B Polishing Filtration with Ceramic Membranes 110
Unit 12 Disinfection of Drinking Water 113
Reading Material A Solar Collectors for Disinfection of Contaminated Water 118
Reading Material B Aeration 121
Part Four Wastewater Treatment 126
Unit 13 Wastewater Treatment Methods 126
Reading Material A Terminology in Wastewater Treatment 130
Reading Material B Grit Chambers in Wastewater Treatment 132
Unit 14 Activated Sludge Processes 135
Reading Material A Sludge Treatment and Disposal 139
Reading Material B Sequencing Batch Reactor Process 142
Unit 15 Carbon Adsorption 146
Reading Material A Trickling Filters 150
Reading Material B Anaerobic Biological Treatment 153
Unit 16 Wastewater Reuse 157
Reading Material A Nutrient Removal 161
Reading Material B Reverse Osmosis 164
Part Five Environmental Management 169
Unit 17 Air Pollution＆Control Technology 169
Reading Material A Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Change 173
Reading Material B Acid Deposition 175
Unit 18 Solid Wastes and Disposal 178
Reading Material A Resource Conservation and Recovery for Sustainability 182
Reading Material B Production,Collection,and Use of Digester Gas 184
Unit 19 Noise Control 188
Reading Material A Bioremediation Technology 192
Reading Material B Thermal Pollution 194
Unit 20 Analytical Technique and Methodology 197
Reading Material A Environmental Impact Assessment 201
Reading Material B Risk Assessment 205
Appendix Ⅰ Glossary 208
Appendix Ⅱ Translation for Reference 228
Appendix Ⅲ Key Points of Grammar on Scientific and Technological English 263
Appendix Ⅳ Environmental Engineering Resources in Internet 266
References 268