Environmental engineering /
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to air, water, noise, and radioactive materials pollution and its control. Legal and regulatory principles and risk analysis are included in addition to engineering principles. The text presents the engineering principles governing the generation and c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
[2003]
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book Publisher description Table of contents |
| Summary: | This book provides a comprehensive introduction to air, water, noise, and radioactive materials pollution and its control. Legal and regulatory principles and risk analysis are included in addition to engineering principles. The text presents the engineering principles governing the generation and control of air and water pollutants, solid and hazardous waste, and noise. Water quality and drinking water treatment are discussed, as well as the elements of risk analysis. Radioactive waste generation and treatment in relation to the nuclear fuel cycle, are discussed. The health and environmental effects of all these pollutants are discussed. An introduction to the Federal laws and regulations governing pollution is included. - This text embraces the latest thinking in environmental engineering - Includes updates in regulation and current pollution abatement technologies. |
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| Item Description: | Revised edition of: Environmental engineering / P. Aarne Vesilind. 3rd edition c1994. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-470) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780750672948 0750672943 |