PART 1INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING1
Unit 1Text:What are Environmental Science and Engineering?1
Reading Material:Environmental Science5
Unit 2Text:Environmental Engineering7
Reading Material:Studying the Environment10
Unit 3Text:What is Waste ReductionWaste Minimization?14
Reading Material:The City Environment19
Unit 4Text:Environmental Analysis23
Reading Material:Analytical Technique and Methodology26
Part 2ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL30
Unit 5Text:Chemistry of the Atmosphere30
Reading Material:Reactions of Atmospheric Nitrogen and its
Oxides33
Unit 6Text:Atmospheric Particles36
Reading Material:Reactions of Atmospheric Sulfur Compounds40
Unit 7Text:Introduction to Environmental Chemistry of the
Atmosphere43
Reading Material:Oxidation Process in the Atmosphere48
Unit 8Text:Type and Sources of Air Pollutants[Ⅰ]51
Reading Material:Type and Sources of Air Pollutants[Ⅱ]53
Unit 9Text:Indoor Air Quality56
Reading Material:Gas and Vapor Control Technology60
Unit 10Text:New Technologies of Air Pollution Control[Ⅰ]63
Reading Material:New Technologies of Air Pollution
Control[Ⅱ]67
Unit 11Text:Effects of Air Pollution70
Reading material:Control of Air Pollution by Oxidation73
PART 3WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT76
Unit 12Text:Water Pollution and Pollutants76
Reading Material:Wastewater79
Unit 13Text:Pollution of Inland Waters and Oceans82
Reading Material:Water Supply86
Unit 14Text:Water Purification91
Reading Material:Principles of Wastewater Treatment94
Unit 15Text:Water Treatment Processes98
Reading Material:Chemistry of Freshwaters102
Unit 16Text:Biological Wastewater Treatment [Ⅰ]105
Reading material:Biological Wastewater Treatment[Ⅱ]109
Unit 17Text:Ion Exchange113
Reading Material:Precipitation118
Unit 18Text:Oxidation of Wastewater[Ⅰ]122
Reading Material:Oxidation of Wastewater [Ⅱ]125
Unit 19Text: Unit Operations of Pretreatment130
Reading Material:Unit Processes of Secondary Treatment134
PART 4SOLID WASTES AND DISPOSAL137
Unit 20Text:Sources and Types of Solid Wastes137
Reading Material:Quantities of Wastes141
Unit 21Text:Everybody’s Problems——Hazardous Waste144
Reading Material:Hazardous Waste Defined and the National Program
to
Control Hazardous Wastes148
Unit 22Text:Methods of Waste Disposal151
Reading Material:Incineration of Hazardous Waste in the
U?S?A?154
Unit 23Text:Disposal of Solid Wastes158
Reading Material:Materials and Energy Recovery162
PART 5OTHER POLLUTION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES166
Unit 24Text:Sound and Noise166
Reading Material:Tone and the Decibel Scale168
Unit 25Text:Noise Control[Ⅰ]170
Reading Material:Noise Control[Ⅱ]171
Unit 26Text: Global Change177
Reading Material: Soil Erosion181
Unit 27Text:Thermal Pollution184
Reading Material:How to Put Waste Heat to Good Use185
PART 6ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT187
Unit 28Text:Summary of Environmental Impact
Assessment(EIA)187
Reading material:Introduction to Methods for Environmental
Impact
Assessment190
Unit 29Text:Impact of Wastewater Effluents on Water Quality of
River195
Reading Material:The Aims and Objectives of Environmental
Impact
Assessment197
Unit 30Text:Environmental Impact Assessment of Air Quality203
Reading Material:Identification and Prediction of Air Quality
Changes205
Unit 31Text: The Role of Environmental Monitoring in Pollution
Science208
Reading Material: Environmental Chemical Processes and
Chemicals211
Unit 32Text:Monitoring Air Quality in Mountains——Designing An
Effective
Network214
Reading Material:Design Environmental Databases for
Statistical
Analysis218
Unit 33Text:Sampling Sediment and Soil223
Reading Material:EMAP Overview—Objectives,Approaches,and
Achievements228
Unit 34Text:Pollution Control Strategies[Ⅰ]232
Reading Material:Pollution Control Strategies[Ⅱ]234
Unit 35Text:A New Politics for a New Era——A Political Agenda for
the
1990s239
Reading Material:Hazardous Waste Management245
PART 7THE BIOSPHERE:ECOSYSTEMS AND BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES249
Unit 36Text:Life and the Biosphere249
Reading Material:Nutrient Cycles for Ecosystem252
Unit 37Text:Ecology257
Reading Material:Industrial Ecology for Sustainable Resource
Utilization260
Unit 38Text:Ecology and Life Systems263
Reading Material:The Five Major Components of an Industrial
Ecosystem 266
PART 8ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CREEN SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY269
Unit 39Text:Green Science and Technology269
Reading Material:Green Chemistry272
Unit 40Text:Sustainability276
Reading Material:Newer Synthetic Methods280
Unit 41Text:Clean Technologies through Microbial Processes for
Economic
Benefits and Sustainability[Ⅰ]285
Reading Material:Alternate Solvents288
Unit 42Text:Wastewater Treatment,Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and
Hydrogen
Production Using Microalgae[Ⅰ]294
Reading Material:Wastewater Treatment,Greenhouse Gas
Mitigation
and Hydrogen Production Using Microalgae[Ⅱ]298
GLOSSARY303