Contents 1
PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 1
Unit 1 Text:Environmental Engineering 1
Reading Material:Studying the Environment 4
Unit 2 Text:Historical Overview of Hazardous Substance Disposal in the USA 8
Reading Material:The City Environment 11
Unit 3 Text:What is Waste Reduction/Waste Minimization？ 14
Reading Material:Waste Minimization in the Chemical Industry——ACase Study 19
Unit 4 Text:Environmental Analysis 25
Reading Material:Analytical Technique and Methodology 28
PART 2 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL 32
Unit 5 Text:Type and Sources of Air Pollutants[Ⅰ] 32
Reading Material:Type and Sources of Air Pollutants[Ⅱ] 34
Unit 6 Text:Effects on Climate and Ecological Environment[Ⅰ] 37
Reading Material:Effects on Climate and Ecological Environment[Ⅱ] 41
Unit 7 Text:Conventional Technology of Air pollution Control 44
Reading Material:Gas and Vapor Control Technology 48
Unit 8 Text:New Technologies of Air Pollution Control[Ⅰ] 50
Reading Material:New Technologies of Air Pollution Control[Ⅱ] 54
Unit 9 Text:Effects of Air Pollution 57
Reading material:Control of Air Pollution by Oxidation 60
PART 3 WATER POLLUTION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT 63
Unit 10 Text:Water Pollution and Pollutants 63
Reading Material:Wastewater 66
Unit 11 Text:Pollution of Inland Waters and Oceans 69
Reading Material:Water Supply 73
Unit 12 Text:Water Purification 78
Reading Material:Principles of Wastewater Treatment 81
Unit 13 Text:Water Treatment Processes 85
Reading Material: U.S.Wastewater Treatment——Past and Present 89
Unit 14 Text:Biological Wastewater Treatment[Ⅰ] 91
Reading material:Biological Wastewater Treatment[Ⅱ] 95
Unit 15 Text:IonExchange 99
Reading Material:Precipitation 104
Unit 16 Text:Oxidation of Wastewater[Ⅰ] 108
Reading Material:Oxidation of Wastewater[Ⅱ] 111
Unit 17 Text:Unit Operations of Pretreatment 116
Reading Material:Unit Processes of Secondary Treatment 120
PART 4 SOLID WASTES AND DISPOSAL 123
Unit 18 Text:Sources and Types of Solid Wastes 123
Reading Material:Quantities of Wastes 127
Unit 19 Text:Everybody's Problems Hazardous Waste 130
Reading Material:Hazardous Waste Defined and the National Program to Control Hazardous Wastes 134
Unit 20 Text:Methods of Waste Disposal 137
Reading Material:Incineration of Hazardous Waste in the U.S.A 140
Unit 21 Text:Disposal of Solid Wastes 144
Reading Material:Materials and Energy Recovery 148
PART 5 OTHER POLLUTION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES 152
Unit 22 Text:Sound and Noise 152
Reading Material:Tone and the Decibel Scale 154
Unit 23 Text:Noise Control[Ⅰ] 156
Reading Material:Noise Control[Ⅱ] 157
Unit 24 Text:Energy Consumption and Pollution 162
Reading Material:Use of Solar Energy 164
Unit 25 Text:Thermal Pollution 166
Reading Material:How to Put Waste Heat to Good Use 167
PART 6 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 169
Unit 26 Text:Summary of EIA 169
Reading material:Introduction to Methods for Environmental Impact Assessment 172
Unit 27 Text: Impact of Wastewater Effluents on Water Quality of River 177
Reading Material:The Aims and Objectives of Environmental Impact Assessment 179
Unit 28 Text:Environmental Impact Assessment of Air Quality 185
Reading Material:Identification and Prediction of Air Quality Changes 187
Unit 29 Text: Monitoring Air Quality in Mountains——Designing 190
PART 7 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 190
Reading Material:Design Environmental Databases for Statistical Analysis 194
Unit 30 Text: Combining Accuracy Assessment of Land-Cover Maps with Environmental Monitoring Programs[Ⅰ] 199
Reading Material:Combining Accuracy Assessment of Land-Cover Maps with Environmental Monitoring Programs[Ⅲ] 204
Unit 31 Text:Sampling Sediment and Soil 209
Reading Material:EMAP Overview—Obj ectives,Approaches,and Achievements 213
PART 8 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT 218
Unit 32 Text:A New Politics for a New Era——A Political Agenda for the 1990s 218
Reading Material:Hazardous Waste Management 224
Unit 33 Text:Pollution Control Strategies[Ⅰ] 228
Reading Material:Pollution Control Strategies[Ⅱ] 230
Unit 34 Text:Solid Waste Management Overview 235
Reading Material:Management of Nuclear Wastes 239
PART 9 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 243
Unit 35 Text:Clean Technologies through Microbial Processes for Economic Benefits and Sustainability[Ⅰ] 243
Reading Material:Clean Technologies through Microbial Processes for Economic Benefits and Sustainability[Ⅱ] 247
Unit 36 Text:Introduction to Green Chemical Syntheses and Processes 251
Reading Material:Water as Solvent for Organic and Material Synthesis 255
Unit 37 Text:Wastewater Treatment,Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Hydrogen Production Using Microalgae[Ⅰ] 259
Reading Material:Wastewater Treatment,Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Hydrogen Production Using Microalgae[Ⅱ] 263
GLOSSARY 268