Sanitary and municipal engineering

The book provides new perspectives from leading researchers accentuating and examining the central role of the built environment in conceiving and implementing multifaceted solutions for the complex challenges of our understanding of planetary resources and circularity, revealing critical potentials for architecture and design to contribute in more informed and long-term ways to the urgent transition of our society.

Vor einigen Jahren wurde an die VDI-Kommission Reinhaltung der Luft der Wunsch herangetragen, sie möge sich mit dem Problem der Luftqualität in großen Städten befassen und dabei auch Planungs­ aspekte berücksichtigen.

Advances in Water Treatment and Pollution Prevention explores the most up-to-date studies in the field of water pollution.

Treatment and Reuse of Sewage Sludge: An Innovative Approach for Wastewater Treatment: Developments in Waste Water Treatment Research and Processes series, focuses on the exploitation of various treatment technologies and their use to treat sewage sludge to detoxify/stabilize toxic and hazardous contaminants and restore contaminated sites, which lacks in a more comprehensive manner in currently existing titles on similar topics.

The civil engineering sector accounts for a significant percentage of global material and energy consumption and is a major contributor of waste material.

Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse is an accessible reference to assist you when handling wastewater treatment and recycling.

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.

Die Endlichkeit der Ressourcen unseres Ökosystems und die zunehmende Belastung der Umwelt ist erst unserer Generation bewußt geworden.

This volume addresses the latest results of the Major Water Program of the Chinese Government which aims at the restoration of polluted water environments and sustainable management of water resources in China.

The aim of this book is to help create new feedstuffs for poultry and farm animals from the agro-industry and to mobilize the neglected waste as a feedstuff to lower the price of animal products such as eggs, white and red meat, milk, etc.

Particle samplers are widely used in workplaces in order to determine the concentration of airborne particles in the atmosphere.

This book is focused on the engineering of green materials, which comprise natural composites, bio-inspired armors, waste-added clay ceramics, lignocellulosic fibers, and biodegradable polymers.

Monitoring the environment is absolutely essential if we are to identify hazards to human health, to assess environmental cleanup efforts, and to prevent further degradation of the ecosystem.

Este libro es una introducción al tratamiento de aguas residuales industriales y domésticas, dirigida tanto a estudiantes como a licenciados en Ingeniería, Biología, Química, etc.

This book covers the research fields in biodiversity conservation, the Belt and Road eco-environmental cooperation, China's five-year plan for eco-environmental protection, sustainable development goals assessment, and human health loss assessment.

This volume is first part of the five-part set on bioenergy research.

There is increasing political and environmental pressure on industry to clean up the water which it uses in many processes, and to re-use this water where possible.

This book adds a new dimension to the sustainability assessment of food waste reduction and valorisation: policy analysis.

A circular economy is an alternative to a traditional linear economy (make, use, dispose) in which we keep resources in use for as long as possible, extract the maximum value from them whilst in use, then recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of each service life.

This book proposes the development of solar water heating applications.

Pollution Control and Resource Recovery: Municipal Solid Wastes Incineration: Bottom Ash and Fly Ash explains the tools and technologies needed to characterize, stabilize, treat, recycle, or properly dispose bottom and fly ash.

This book represents the proceedings of the first major international meeting dedi- cated to discuss environmental aspects of produced water.

Contemporary Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Design MethodsFully revised and updated, this three-volume set from the Water Environment Federation and the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers presents the current plant planning, configuration, and design practices of wastewater engineering professionals, augmented by performance information from operating facilities.

Waste Management and Resource Recycling in the Developing World provides a unique perspective on the state of waste management and resource recycling in the developing world, offering practical solutions based on innovative tools and technologies, along with examples and case studies.

Written and edited by leading experts in the field, Urban Drainage Practice provides an overview of current key challenges, opportunities and future directions of urban drainage in a practical and accessible way.

"e;Microbial Enzymes: Roles and applications in industry"e; offers an essential update on the field of microbial biotechnology, and presents the latest information on a range of microbial enzymes such as fructosyltransferase, laccases, amylases, lipase, and cholesterol oxidase, as well as their potential applications in various industries.

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

This book focuses on recent developments in the field of two-dimensional nanomaterials for environmental applications.

This book covers the challenges and opportunities presented by plastics in the modern era and sheds light on the complex interplay of technology, environment, and socio-economic dynamics.

State and federal regulations affecting hazardous air pollutants have produced an escalating dilemma for industrial facilities.

Disposal of organic sludge and liquid agricultural wastes is a universal problem.

The goal of this one-of-a-kind book was to provide a critical and in-depth understanding of various AVS-SEM models as predictors for assessing the ecological impact of heavy metals (particularly dibasic cations; Zn, Cd, Ni, Cu, and Pb) on aquatic environments, including the theories underlying these models, descriptive equations, modes of action, methodology, efficiency, applicability, and statistical approaches, as well as comparison with other pollution assessment techniques in the aquatic environments.

Waterborne Pathogens: Detection and Treatment delivers the tools and techniques on how to identify these contaminates and apply the most effective technology for their removal and treatment.

This book highlights novel materials for dye-containing wastewater treatment and presents an up-to-date information on dye degradation/adsorption using new promising materials such as nanocomposites.

This book refers to the various biomass valorisation in various fields like bio-fuel; biodiesel; hydrogen production; energy application, environmental pollution using recent clean technologies.

This book collates the latest trends and technological advancements in bioremediation, especially for its monitoring and assessment.

This book examines the application of wood waste in various advancements in environmental fields, such as construction, renewable energy, bio-absorbent, and agricultural and wood-based material.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments to valorize fish waste as a source of useful products.

This book focuses on the most recent developments in bioremediation techniques and what the future holds for bioremediation in order to reduce the amount of pollution in the world.

This book addresses the application of the water, energy and food nexus in the MENA Region.

This book covers the principles, underlying mechanisms, thermodynamic functions, kinetics and modeling aspects of sustainable technologies, particularly from the standpoint of applying physical, chemical and biological processes for the treatment of wastewater polluted with heavy metals.

Resource Recovery Technology for Municipal and Rural Solid Waste: Classification, Mechanical Separation, Recycling, and Transfer describes the practical considerations in recycling solid waste-from source characterization to recycling of end product-with the aim of maximizing pollution control and resource recovery.

When did man discover nuclear waste?

The energy crisis in 1973 and 1979 initiated a great number of activities and programs for low and high temperature applica- tion of solar energy.

Ökologie und Ökonomie: Ihre Integration stellt eine wichtige Aufgabe für Ingenieure heute und in der Zukunft dar.

Electronic waste, which includes everything from refrigerators to smartphones, is one of the world's fastest growing waste streams.