Sanitary and municipal engineering

Good management of water resources - universally identified as a key aspect of poverty reduction, agriculture and food security - has proven, in practice, as difficult to achieve as it is eagerly sought.

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This book reports the latest work on green technologies in palm oil milling processes, including new processes and various optimisation techniques.

This book aims to structure, in a complete and sequential way, the mainstream technical knowledge which is related to eutrophication control.

In March, 1983 a workshop on Pollutants in Porous Media was hosted by the Institute of Soils and Water of the Agricultural Research Organi- zation in Bet Dagan, Israel.

This monograph provides comprehensive coverage of technologies which integrate adsorption and biological processes in water and wastewater treatment.

This book is the first edited compilation of selected, refereed papers submitted to ERTEP 2007.

How do we assess and manage the actual risks from water contamination?

Supplying crops with adequate nitrogen is vital to ensuring food supplies.

The use of biotechnical processes in control of environmental pollution and in haz- ardous waste treatment is viewed as an advantageous alternative or adduct to phys- ical chemical treatment technologies.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of innovative remediation techniques and strategies for soils contaminated by heavy metals or organic compounds (e.

This new edition of the bestselling Reverse Osmosis is the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the process of reverse osmosis in industrial applications, a technology that is becoming increasingly more important as more and more companies choose to "e;go green.

Through an examination of the little-known scientific problems involved with the megaprojects of the seventies, Peter Williams shows how crucial it is that the place of scientific research in modern society be recognized by government, industry and public alike.

The United Nations has reported that the world is on track to produce over 180 billion pounds of electronic waste (e-waste) by 2030.

This book addresses recycling technologies for many of the valuable and scarce materials from spent lithium-ion batteries.

There is not an extensive literature on street sweeping.

This book advocates a more thoughtful approach to urban water management.

Source Reduction and Waste Minimization is the second volume in the series Advanced Zero Waste Tools: Present and Emerging Waste Management Practices.

The series Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage technology transfer in control engineering.

Die Verfahrenstechnik allgemein befaßt sich mit der Behandlung und Umwandlung von Stoffen.

The book gathers high-quality research papers presented at the Seventh International Conference on Solid Waste Management, held at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad on December 15-17, 2017.

POLLUTANTS AND WATER MANAGEMENT Pollutants and Water Management: Resources, Strategies and Scarcity delivers a balanced and comprehensive look at recent trends in the management of polluted water resources.

Applied geophysics were developed to explore the raw materials needed by civilization.

This book offers a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the technologies and processes involved in energy generation through waste treatment.

Hydroinformatics systems are systems that combine computational hydraulic modelling with information systems (including knowledge-based systems).

Water quality and management are of great significance globally, as the demand for clean, potable water far exceeds the availability.

The book discusses ways to overcome the side effects of using hydrocarbon-based products as energy sources.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This book is a collection of selected, peer-reviewed papers presented at the 2023 8th Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development (ACESD), held in Sapporo, Japan, November 3-5, 2023.

This book presents select proceedings of National Conference on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials (ASCM 2020) and examines a range of durable, energy-efficient, and next-generation construction materials produced from industrial wastes and by-products.

Die Problematik der Verwertung elektrischer und elektronischer Geräte nach dem Ende ihrer Nutzung wird immer dringlicher.

This book is devoted to innovative structural materials for multi-materialization.

Water is one of the most critical resources of nature that is necessary for sustaining life for all living things.

Man's understanding of how this planet is put together and how it evolved has changed radically during the last 30 years.

This book gathers high-quality research papers presented at the Seventh International Conference on Solid Waste Management, held at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad on December 15-17, 2017.

This book discusses the generation of green energy, providing fundamental scientific information on the availability of sustainable biological resources.

From masks and face shields through at-home tests and sanitizer bottles, many of the tools we used to keep safe during the global COVID-19 pandemic had two things in common: first, they were at least in part made of plastic, and second, they were disposable.

Provides a comprehensive overview on developing sustainable practices for waste minimization via green metal extraction from waste streams This book introduces readers to sustainable management and defines the challenges as well as the opportunities in waste stream management.

BNR is a fast-growing method of removing biological pollutants (bacteria, etc.

This book provides an overview of new concept in sustainable technologies for wastewater treatment processes, such as annamox process, granular sludge process, membrane technology, wetlands, and sewage sludge management.

Membrane Systems for Hydrogen Production offers an overview of advanced technologies in the field of both catalysts and membrane technologies for hydrogen productions and energy saving.

Scientists have long been searching for a unified field theory--one answer to all of the questions about the physical universe.

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering Practices (ICSCEP 2019).

In this first volume, various materials such as chitosan, lignin-based biomaterials, cellulosic based bio materials, carbon materials, Polysaccharide-composites materials, Aromatic-Based Synthetic Macromolecules, Agricultural wastes, etc for treating textile waste water are highlighted.

This book comprehensively reviews the phytochemistry, functional properties, and health-promoting effects of bioactive compounds found in oil processing by-products, and it also explores the food and non-food applications of these by-products.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.