Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science

Description

1. Mass and Energy Transfer.

2. Environmental Chemistry.

3. Mathematics for Growth.

4. Risk Assessment.

5. Water Pollution.

6. Water Quality Control.

7. Air Pollution.

8. Global Atmospheric Change.

9. Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery.

Useful Conversion Factors.

Index.

Chapter 6 has been significantly expanded with a particular eye to providing quantitative fundamental and design information on water/wastewater treatment processes

 

50% New or Revised Problems

 

Content updated to reflect the latest trends in Environmental Research

 

More Applied Applications        

        – Greenhouse Gases

        – Hurricane Katrina

        – Global Warming

 

Inclusion of Plug Flow discussion

 

Added Discussions on topics        

        – Deforestation

        – Soil Erosion

        – Species Extinction

 

 

Appropriate for undergraduate engineering and science courses in Environmental Engineering.

 

Balanced coverage of all the major categories of environmental pollution, with coverage of current topics such as climate change and ozone depletion, risk assessment, indoor air quality, source-reduction and recycling, and groundwater contamination.

About the cover: Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth and home to more than 1000 species of plants, including more than 50 endemics, received record amounts of rain during the winters of 2004 and 2005. Through March of 2005, more than 8 inches of rain fell—4 times the yearly average of only 1.96 inches. Dormant seeds of various desert flowers germinated and flourished at record levels. This photograph was taken during one of these record rainfalls in March 2005. 

 

“One of the strengths of Masters/Ela is that the text is easily readable by undergraduate students who do not already have much background in environmental engineering and science. The writing style is clear and engaging.” Bruce E. Rittman, Arizona State University
 
“This is one of the clearest and best written textbooks I have used. The text is concise and informative with a minimum of technological jargon…. I know that I could not be as effective an educator without well written and thoughtful textbooks such as Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science.” Gail Montgomery Brion, University of Kentucky
 
“The best features of this text are its readability and clarity. Secondly, its use of the mass balance approach, and carrying it throughout the rest of the book, is a great strength as well.” Gregory G. Wilbur, Oklahoma State University

Appropriate for undergraduate engineering and science courses in Environmental Engineering.

 

Balanced coverage of all the major categories of environmental pollution, with coverage of current topics such as climate change and ozone depletion, risk assessment, indoor air quality, source-reduction and recycling, and groundwater contamination.

Risk Assessment (Chapter 4) – separated from hazardous substance legislation and is complete chapter in itself

 

Explores urgent environmental issues that have become the focus of much of the environmental attention in recent years

        – Global Climate Change

        – Risk Assessment 

        – Stratospheric Ozone Depletion 

        – Greenhouse effect

        – Indoor air quality

        – Groundwater contamination

        – Acid Deposition 

        – Hazardous Waste

 

Numerous examples of each quantitative concept.

        – Worked examples in each quantitative section.

 

Numerous problems at the end of each chapter.

 

Chapter covering Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery (Chapter 9). This chapter focuses on pollution prevention and product stewardship.

 

Expanded coverage of water resources and Groundwater remediation (Chapter 5) – including challenges posed by subsurface contamination of nonaqueous-phase liquids.

 

Covers the treatment of hazardous wastes and descriptions of the key pieces of environmental legislation that regulate hazardous substances. (Chapter 6)