Part One - Environmental Engineering
1 - Identifying and Solving Environmental Problems
2 - Engineering Decisions
9 - Water Quality
1 - Identifying and Solving Environmental Problems
- What is Environmental Engineering.
- The Holy Cross College Hepatitis Outbreak.
- The Disposal of Wastewater Sludge.
- The Donora Episode.
- Jersey City Chromium.
- The Discovery of Biological Wastewater Treatment.
- The Garbage Barge.
- Sustainability and Cradle-to-Cradle Design.
- End Notes.
2 - Engineering Decisions
- Decisions Based on Technical Analyses.
- Decisions Based on Cost-Effectiveness Analyses.
- Decisions Based on Benefit/Cost Analyses.
- Decisions Based on Risk Analyses.
- Decisions Based on Alternatives Assessment.
- Decisions Based on Environmental Impact Analyses.
- Decisions Based on Ethical Analyses.
- Continuity in Engineering Decisions.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
- Engineering Dimensions and Units.
- Approximations in Engineering Calculations.
- Information Analysis.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
- Material Balances with a Single Material.
- Material Balances with Multiple Materials.
- Material Balances with Reactors.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
- Zero-Order Reactions.
- First-Order Reactions.
- Second-Order and Noninteger-Order Reactions.
- Half-Life and Doubling Time.
- Consecutive Reactions.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
- Mixing Model.
- Reactor Models.
- Problems.
- Units of Measure.
- Energy Balances and Conversion.
- Energy Sources and Availability.
- Problems.
- Energy and Material Flows in Ecosystems.
- Human Influence on Ecosystems.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
9 - Water Quality
- Measures of Water Quality.
- Assessing Water Quality.
- Water Quality Standards.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
- The Hydrologic Cycle and Water Availability.
- Water Treatment.
- Distribution of Water.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
- Wastewater.
- Preliminary and Primary Treatment.
- Secondary Treatment.
- Tertiary Treatment.
- Sludge Treatment and Disposal.
- Selection of Treatment Strategies.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
- Meteorology and Air Movement.
- Major Air Pollutants.
- Sources and Effects of Air Pollution.
- Air Quality Standards.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
- Treatment of Emissions.
- Dispersion of Air Pollutants.
- Control of Moving Sources.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
- Collection of Refuse.
- Generation of Refuse.
- Reuse and Recycling of Materials from Refuse.
- Combustion of Refuse.
- Ultimate Disposal of Refuse: Sanitary Landfills.
- Reducing the Generation of Refuse: Source Reduction.
- Integrated Solid Waste Management.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
- Defining Hazardous Waste.
- Hazardous Waste Management.
- Radioactive Waste Management.
- Sustainable Materials Management.
- Hazardous Waste Management and Future Generations.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
- Sound.
- Measurement of Sound.
- Effect of Noise on Human Health.
- Noise Abatement.
- Noise Control.
- Problems.
- End Notes.
- Green Engineering.
- Motivations for Practicing Green Engineering.
- Conclusions.
- End Notes.
Introduction to Environmental Engineering presents a balanced treatment of environmental engineering by combining engineering concepts with the importance of environmental ethics. This third edition highlights sustainable development and emphasizes the need for engineers to become even more environmentally responsible during this time of increasing awareness of environmental concerns. The authors challenge students with problems that require not only a technical solution but a thorough consideration of its ethical ramifications. The text also provides comprehensive exposure to all types of environmental problems, including ecosystem dynamics, wastewater treatment, and air pollution control.
Key Features
- Incorporates ethical decision making into the discussions and problem sets.
- Uses material balances to unify the coverage of all types of environmental problems, including ecosystem dynamics, wastewater treatment, and air pollution control.
- Introduces in Chapter 2 the various tools engineers use in making decisions, including technology, benefit/cost, risk, and ethics.
- Begins the Applications coverage with the quest for clean water. Students learn when water is "clean enough" and how to measure water quality characteristics.
- Covers all the major "pollution areas".
- Emphasizes the concepts of pollution prevention and life cycle analysis in the chapter on the collection and disposal of municipal solid waste.
- Provides case studies that center on technical as well as ethical problems, offering ideal opportunities for instructors to relate their own experiences.
New to This Edition
- Brand new chapter examining sustainable development.
- "Focus on.." boxes highlight current issues, case studies, and historic events.
- More photos and illustrations.
About the Author
- P. Aarne Vesilind was born in Estonia and emigrated to the United States in 1949. He grew up in Bever, Pennsylvania, a small town downriver from Pittsburgh. Following his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Lehigh University, he received his Ph.D in environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina. He spend a post-doctoral year with the Norwegian Institute for Water Research in Oslo and a year as a research engineering with Bird machine Company. He joined the faculty at Duke University in 1970. In 1999 he was appointed to the R.L. Rooke Chair of the Historical and Societal Context of Engineering at Bucknell University. He served in this capacity until his retirement in 2006. He is the author or co-author of these following books:
- Engineering, Ethics, and the Environment.
- Engineering Peace and Justice: The Responsibility of Engineers to Society.
- Environmental Pollution and Control.
- Hold Paramount: The Engineer's Responsibility to Society.
- Introduction to Environmental Engineering - SI Version.
- Public Speaking and Technical Writing Skills for Engineering Students.
- Report Writing for Environmental Engineers and Scientists.
- Sludge Engineering: The Treatment and Disposal of Wastewater Sludges.
- Socially Responsible Engineering: Justice in Risk Management.
- Solid Waste Engineering.
- So You Want to Be a Professor?: A Handbook for Graduate Students.
- The Right Thing to Do: An Ethics Guide for Engineering Students.
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Design.
- Susan M. Morgan received her B.S. in civil engineering from Southern Illinois Universiy Carbondale. A recipient of a National Science Foundation Fellowship, she earned her Ph.D in environmental engineering from Clemson University. She joined the faculty in the Department of Civil Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1996. From 199-2007 she served as the Graduate Program Director for the Department. Currently she is a tenured professor and Department Chair. She is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois.
- Lauren G. Heine earned her doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Duke University. She is one of America's leading experts in applying green chemistry, green engineering, and design for the environment for sustainable business practices. As Senior Science Advisor for Clean Production Action and as Principal for the Lauren Heine Group, she guides organizations seeking to integrate green chemistry and engineering into their product and process design and development activities - eliminating toxics and the concept of waste and moving toward economic, environmental and communict sustainability. Specific areas of expertise include the development of technical tools and strategies for identifying greener chemicals, materials, and products and facilitation of multi-stakeholder initiatives - particularly those that are technically based.
Book Details
- Paperback: 600 pages
- Publisher: CL-Engineering; 3 edition (January 1, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 049529585X
- ISBN-13: 978-0495295853
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
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