Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology

Water shortages are a reality all over the world, and supplying water to urban centers is one of the challenges of modern society. This book examin...

Water is a foundational element of development and by its nature, a basic and essential resource. A great challenge confronts certain regions, nati...

Recent catastrophic breaks in water mains and sewer discharges during storms are indicators of the nations old and deteriorating water and wastewat...

Freshwater management challenges are increasingly common. Allocation of limited water resources between agricultural, municipal and environmental u...

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE TO ENERGY CONVERSION PROCESSES A TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC REVIEW OF EMERGING WASTE DISPOSAL TECHNOLOGIES Intended for a wide a...

During the next 10 years, many countries important to the United States will experience water problems (shortages, poor water quality, or floods) t...

The events of 11 September 2001 focused heightened attention on the security status of the nation''''s drinking water supplies and the vulnerabilit...

With the population of our planet exceeding seven billion, funds for infrastructure works being limited worldwide and climate change affecting wate...

Much progress has been made in achieving the ambitious goals that Congress established more than 35 years ago in the Clean Water Act (CWA) to resto...

Water quality is the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water. It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards agai...

Water purification is the process of removing undesirable chemical and biological contaminants from raw water. The goal is to produce water fit for...

In this book, the role of biological assessments in a variety of water quality management program applications is discussed, including reporting on...

The growing quantities of waste sludge generated in municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants containing various organics and other cont...

In this book, the authors gather and present current research in the study of the technological systems, management practices and environmental imp...

Although several countries have been introducing more stringent laws to reduce the amount of waste to be land-filled, in an attempt to maximise rec...

Waste-to-Energy is one of the key technologies for sustainable waste management. The book by Laura Mastellone offers a comprehensive overview of th...

Landfills have been targeted by geophysical methods in order to investigate their environmental impacts. In fact, landfills have been the classic w...

This book provides an overview of biodegradation. The first chapter provides a detailed description on the ability of Rhodococcus UKMP-5M to act as...

Despite significant improvements in pollution abatement and environmental remediation over the past several decades, billions of people around the ...

Biofouling is usually defined as an especially economically significant process that occurs on ships'''' hulls, where high levels of fouling can re...

Waste management can be problematic. Especially with the emphasis in many countries now being on sustainability, there is a great need for more res...

An 800-CEO-READ Editor's Choice March 2019 How We Can Harness Carbon to Help Solve the Climate Crisis In order to rescue ourselves from climate c...

The third volume in the Handbook of Environment and Waste Management Series, this book provides a comprehensive compilation of topics at the forefr...

An 800-CEO-READ Editor''s Choice March 2019 How We Can Harness Carbon to Help Solve the Climate Crisis In order to rescue ourselves from cl...

Converting sludge into construction materials is deemed to be a sustainable approach to alleviating sludge disposal problems and conserving natural...

Utility Management for Water and Wastewater Operators will help you hit the ground running as a utility manager. The book gives you an excellent un...

Operators of small water systems do it all O & M, management, sampling, customer service, everything. This new field guide may be the handiest...

Gain the knowledge you need to address the growing and increasingly intricate problem of controlling and processing the refuse created by global ur...

The investments needed to deliver sustainable water and sanitation services, including the funds that are needed to operate and maintain the infras...

A high proportion of commercial, industrial and housing developments are now built on fills, that is ground that has been deposited by human activi...

Wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence. It comprises liquid waste discharged by domestic re...

Millions of tons of municipal solid wastes (MSW) comprising a great proportion of ''''food & green garden wastes'''' generated from homes and i...

A sustainable feedstock supply is one of the primordial issues for the transition towards the bio-based economy. Therefore, the resource base needs...

Rational use of natural resources has gained importance in the last several years. Solving this actual problem in terms of national economy suggest...

Water pollution is essentially an interdisciplinary field involving scientists and professionals with a wide range of expertise. It also transcends...