Environmental engineering / By Howard S. Peavy,

Includes Bibliographical references and indexes.

Table of contents. - Ch. 1 Water quality: definitions, characteristics and perspectives - - physical water quality parameters - - Chemical water quality parameters - - Biological water-quality parameter - - water quality requirements - - Water purification processes in natural systems - - Physical processes - - Chemical processes - - Biochemical processes - - Response of streams to biodegradable organic waste - - Application of natural processes in engineered systems - - Engineered systems for water purification - - Water treatment processes: theory and application. - Ch. 2 Engineered systems for wastewater treatment and disposal - - primary treatment - - secondary treatment - - Sludge treatment and disposal - - Advanced wastewater treatment - - wastewater disposal and reuse - - Environmental engineering hydraulics design water distribution systems - - Wastewater collection - - water and wastewater pumping - - Hydraulic analysis of water and wastewater treatment. - Ch. 3 Air - - Air quality: definitions, characteristics, and perspectives, air pollution-past, present, and future - - Classification of pollutants - - Air Quality management concept - - Meteorology and natural purification processes elemental properties of the atmosphere - - Influence of meteorological phenomena on air quality - - effects of air pollution on meteorological conditions - - Engineered systems for air pollution control - - Control devices for particulate contaminants - - Control devices for gaseous contaminants. - Ch. 4 Solid waste - - Definitions, charecteristics, and perspectives - - Types of solid wastes - - Sources of solid wastes - - Properties of solid wastes - - Solid waste management: an overview - - Engineered systems for solid-waste management - - Solid waste generation - - Onsite handling, storage, and processing - - Collection of solid wastes - - Transfer and transport - - Processing techniques - - Ultimate disposal. - Ch. 5 Engineered systems for resource and energy recovery - - Processing techniques - - Materials recovery systems - - Recovery of biological conversion products - - Recovery of energy from conversion products - - Materials and energy-recovery systems.