The Second, to address the increasingly important role that ethics plays in the professional lives of engineers, the book incorporates ethical decision making into discussionsand case studies and asks you to consider ethical ramifications as you solve technical problems.

Introduction to Environmental Engineering, Second Edition helps prepare you for these challenging realities with two unifying themes. First, the authors use the concepts of material balance, reactions,and reactors to integrate the presentation of all types of environmental problems, including ecosystem dynamics, water supply, wastewater treatment, air pollution control, and solid and hazardous waste management. Second, to address the increasingly important role that ethics plays in the professional lives of engineers, the book incorporates ethical decision making into discussionsand case studies and asks you to consider ethical ramifications as you solve technical problems.

PART ONE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

CHAPTER ONE dentifvina and Solvinq EnvironmentProblems

 1.1 The Holy Cross College Hepatitis Outbreak

 1.2 The Disposal of Wastewater Sludge

 1.3 The Donora Episode

 1.4 Jersey City Chromium

 1.5 The Discovery of Biological Wastewater Treatment

 1.6 The Garbage Barge End Notes

PART TWO FUNDAMENTALS

PART THREE ALLCATIONS

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