PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 1
Unit 1 Text:What are Environmental Science and Engineering? 1
Reading Material:Environmental Science 5
Unit 2 Text:Environmental Engineering 7
Reading Material:Studying the Environment 10
Unit 3 Text:What is Waste Reduction/Waste Minimization? 14
Reading Material:The City Environment 19
Unit 4 Text:Environmental Analysis 23
Reading Material:Analytical Technique and Methodology 26
Part 2 ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND AIR POLLUTION ＆ CONTROL 30
Unit 5 Text:Chemistry of the Atmosphere 30
Reading Material:Reactions of Atmospheric Nitrogen and its Oxides 33
Unit 6 Text:Atmospheric Particles 36
Reading Material:Reactions of Atmospheric Sulfur Compounds 40
Unit 7 Text:Introduction to Environmental Chemistry of the Atmosphere 43
Reading Material:Oxidation Process in the Atmosphere 48
Unit 8 Text:Type and Sources of Air Pollutants[Ⅰ] 51
Reading Material:Type and Sources of Air Pollutants[Ⅱ] 53
Unit 9 Text:Indoor Air Quality 56
Reading Material:Gas and Vapor Control Technology 60
Unit 10 Text:New Technologies of Air Pollution Control[Ⅰ] 63
Reading Material:New Technologies of Air Pollution Control[Ⅱ] 67
Unit 11 Text:Effects of Air Pollution 70
Reading material:Control of Air Pollution by Oxidation 73
PART 3 WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT 76
Unit 12 Text:Water Pollution and Pollutants 76
Reading Material:Wastewater 79
Unit 13 Text:Pollution of Inland Waters and Oceans 82
Reading Material:Water Supply 86
Unit 14 Text:Water Purification 91
Reading Material:Principles of Wastewater Treatment 94
Unit 15 Text:Water Treatment Processes 98
Reading Material:Chemistry of Freshwaters 102
Unit 16 Text:Biological Wastewater Treatment[Ⅰ] 105
Reading material:Biological Wastewater Treatment[Ⅱ] 109
Unit 17 Text:Ion Exchange 113
Reading Material:Precipitation 118
Unit 18 Text:Oxidation of Wastewater[Ⅰ] 122
Reading Material:Oxidation of Wastewater[Ⅱ] 125
Unit 19 Text:Unit Operations of Pretreatment 130
Reading Material:Unit Processes of Secondary Treatment 134
PART 4 SOLID WASTES AND DISPOSAL 137
Unit 20 Text:Sources and Types of Solid Wastes 137
Reading Material:Quantities of Wastes 141
Unit 21 Text:Everybody's Problems——Hazardous Waste 144
Reading Material:Hazardous Waste Defined and the National Program to Control Hazardous Wastes 148
Unit 22 Text:Methods of Waste Disposal 151
Reading Material:Incineration of Hazardous Waste in the U.S.A 154
Unit 23 Text:Disposal of Solid Wastes 158
Reading Material:Materials and Energy Recovery 162
PART 5 OTHER POLLUTION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES 166
Unit 24 Text:Sound and Noise 166
Reading Material:Tone and the Decibel Scale 168
Unit 25 Text:Noise Control[Ⅰ] 170
Reading Material:Noise Control[Ⅱ] 171
Unit 26 Text:Global Change 177
Reading Material:Soil Erosion 181
Unit 27 Text:Thermal Pollution 184
Reading Material:How to Put Waste Heat to Good Use 185
PART 6 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 187
Unit 28 Text:Summary of Environmental Impact Assessment(EIA) 187
Reading material:Introduction to Methods for Environmental Impact Assessment 190
Unit 29 Text:Impact of Wastewater Effluents on Water Quality of River 195
Reading Material:The Aims and Objectives of Environmental Impact Assessment 197
Unit 30 Text:Environmental Impact Assessment of Air Quality 203
Reading Material:Identification and Prediction of Air Quality Changes 205
Unit 31 Text:The Role of Environmental Monitoring in Pollution Science 208
Reading Material:Environmental Chemical Processes and Chemicals 211
Unit 32 Text:Monitoring Air Quality in Mountains——Designing An Effective Network 214
Reading Material:Design Environmental Databases for Statistical Analysis 218
Unit 33 Text:Sampling Sediment and Soil 223
Reading Material:EMAP Overview—Objectives,Approaches,and Achievements 228
Unit 34 Text:Pollution Control Strategies[Ⅰ] 232
Reading Material:Pollution Control Strategies[Ⅱ] 234
Unit 35 Text:A New Politics for a New Era——A Political Agenda for the 1990s 239
Reading Material:Hazardous Waste Management 245
PART 7 THE BIOSPHERE:ECOSYSTEMS AND BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES 249
Unit 36 Text:Life and the Biosphere 249
Reading Material:Nutrient Cycles for Ecosystem 252
Unit 37 Text:Ecology 257
Reading Material:Industrial Ecology for Sustainable Resource Utilization 260
Unit 38 Text:Ecology and Life Systems 263
Reading Material:The Five Major Components of an Industrial Ecosystem 266
PART 8 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CREEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 269
Unit 39 Text:Green Science and Technology 269
Reading Material:Green Chemistry 272
Unit 40 Text:Sustainability 276
Reading Material:Newer Synthetic Methods 280
Unit 41 Text:Clean Technologies through Microbial Processes for Economic Benefits and Sustainability[Ⅰ] 285
Reading Material:Alternate Solvents 288
Unit 42 Text:Wastewater Treatment,Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Hydrogen Production Using Microalgae[Ⅰ] 294
Reading Material:Wastewater Treatment,Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Hydrogen Production Using Microalgae[Ⅱ] 298
GLOSSARY 303