Description Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science is designed as a traditional, introductory e for engineering students. This text provides a background in fundamental so engineering principles of environmental engineering for students who may or may not become environmental engineers.
The emphasis of this text is on principles, ethics , and safety that guide decision making in environmental engineering. The text exposes students to a broad range of environmental topics-including risk management, water quality and treatment, air pollution, hazardous waste, solid waste, and ionizing radiation as well as discussion of relevant regulations and practices.
The concept of mass and energy balance extends throughout the text as a tool for understanding environmental processes and solving environmental engineering problems. Students are provided with a vast number of example problems and study questions to enhance understanding of the content.
Features of the fourth edition include:
Addition of FE-type Problems. Problem sets modeled after the FE exam have been added to the end of each chapter to benefit students who are taking the FE exam prepare with appropriate FE exam question types.
Updated Data, Figures, and Tables. Illustrations and tables have been updated throughout with more recent data.
Extended or Revised sections. All chapters have revised or updated content. Some of the more noteworthy changes include a new discussion on Legionella in water systems; a new discussion of calculating discharge using the rational method; an updated discussion on nitrate, pharmaceutical, and heavy metal contamination; an updated discussion of indirect potable reuse; and an updated discussion on emission control for coal fired power plants.
New Case Studies. Updated case studies are included in most chapters to provide students with current, relevant content. In addition, the previous case studies are located online to give students additional reference tools.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 Chemistry
3 Biology
4 Materials and Energy Balances
5 Ecosystems
6 Risk Perception, Assessment and Management
7 Hydrology
8 Sustainability
9 Water Quality Management
10 Water Treatment
11 Wastewater Treatment
12 Air Pollution
13 Solid Waste Engineering
14 Hazardous Waste Management
15 Noise Pollution
16 Ionizing Radiation
Appendix A: Properties of Air, Water, and Selected Chemicals
Appendix B: List of Elements with their Symbols and Atomic Masses
Appendix C: Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
Appendix D: Useful Unit Conversion and Prefixes
Appendix E: Greek Alphabet