Environmental Engineering, Third Edition

By Ruth F. Weiner, J. Jeffrey Peirce, P. Aarne Vesilind

Book Overview

Environmental Engineering, Third Edition, provides a comprehensive introduction to air, water, noise, and radioactive materials pollution and its control. In addition to the engineering principles governing the generation and control of these pollutants, this up-to-date third edition focuses on legal and regulatory principles, risk analysis, and the effect these pollutants have on the environment. beginning with a historical background of environmental engineering, topics explored include water quality and waste water treatment, air pollution control, solid and hazardous waste disposal, noise pollution, environmental ethics, and a discussion on the increasingly important field of environmental engineering.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750693983
• ISBN13: 9780750693981
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.5" x 6.8"