Recycling

Water and wastewater treatment plant operators must have a breadth of knowledge that encompasses more than scientific theory. They need to be generalists with knowledge bridging several scientific, academic, and engineering disciplines. Unfortunately, until now, many of the existing texts in the fie... More

With growing global competition, the process industries must spare no effort in insuring continuous process improvement in terms of - Increasing profitability; - Conservation of resources and - Prevention of pollution The question is how can engineers achieve these goals for a given process with num... More

This book contains a comprehensive review of current industrial cleaning techniques including those using traditional low, medium, and high pressure water, solvents, chemical compounds and foam, wet and soluble abrasives, pigging devices', biotechnology processes and the latest computerized state-of... More

An excellent non-biased compilation and review of the many methods, equipment, measures, and techniques currently available for chemical spill cleanup.... More

The Hazardous Waste Q & A An In-depth Guide to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Revised Edition Travis P. Wagner The "Answer Book" for all your compliance questions... How much of your company's waste is considered "hazardous" under current fe... More

Presenting effective, practicable strategies modeled from ultramodern technologies and framed by the critical insights of 78 field experts, this vastly expanded Second Edition offers 32 chapters of industry- and waste-specific analyses and treatment methods for industrial and hazardous waste materia... More

The book deals with ecology of reservoir with special reference to invertebrate benthic macrofauna, which is one of the most important components of freshwater aquatic ecosystem for monitoring water quality. A rapid and successful establishment of benthic macrofauna in an aquatic ecosystem is not on... More

Risk assessment at hazardous waste sites involves the use of standard approaches and assumptions in a reasoned, common sense manner. The purpose of this book is to provide practical guidance to people wishing to learn about, conduct, or use risk assessment procedures in evaluating hazardous waste si... More

It's Easy Being Green is a handy tool to help you make better choices for the environment. This is what the busy person needs to start making changes today. Get informative, comprehensive and practical information for adopting greener buying habits and identifying earth-friendly products; shopping f... More

- In the vein of "Stiff, Nickel and Dimed, and "Fast Food Nation, GARBAGE LAND takes us behind the scenes and into the corners of our own lives, revealing the fantastic truth behind what we've taken for granted or never even thought about.- Royte's last book, "The Tapir's Morning Bath, was a "New Yo... More

Environmental Engineering/Water Resources The one-stop resource for all aspects of water treatment engineering--from theory to practice Completely revised and updated to address current practices and technologies, Water Treatment: Principles and Design, Second Edition provides unique coverage of bot... More