Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse

by George Tchobanoglous, Franklin L. Burton, H. David Stensel

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
ISBN: 0070418780

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Book Description

Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse, 4/e is a thorough update of McGraw-Hill's authoritative book on wastewater treatment. No environmental engineering professional or civil or and environmental engineering major should be without a copy of this book - tt describes the technological and regulatory changes that have occurred over the last ten years in this discipline, including:

• improved techniques for the characterization of wastewaters
• improved fundamental understanding of many of the existing unit operations and processes used for wastewater treatment especially those processes used for the biological removal of nutrients; greater implementation of several newer treatment technologies (e.g., UV disinfection, membrane filtration, and heat drying)
• greater concern for the long term health and environmental impacts of wastewater constituents
• greater emphasis on advanced wastewater treatment and risk assessment for water reuse applications
• changes in regulations and the development of new technologies for wastewater disinfection
• new regulations governing the treatment, reuse, and disposal of sludge (biosolids).

Greater concern for infrastructure renewal including upgrading the design and performance of wastewater treatment plants.

This revision contains a strong focus on advanced wastewater treatment technologies and stresses the reuse aspects of wastewater and biosolids.

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Customer Reviews

Metcalf and Eddy's Wastewater Engineering series is always good, but new editions of any book seem to have mistakes in the examples. The one that's bugging me ( it's the only one I've tried so far) is Example 4-10, concerning the time required to absorb a gas. The book gets a V value of 10; I get 1200. There's obviously something that needs explaining here, but I've been unable to get any help from either Metcalf & Eddy or McGraw Hill. My e-mails don't seem to get to anyone who can help, or they're being ignored.

It seems to be a good book, but if you have any questions you're on your own.

This is the bible of Wastewater Engineering. I'm currently a student studying Civil/Environmental Engineering and every professor I've talked to in my department has recommended this book for any type of Wastewater Treatment Plant design. If this book doesn't have the information you want (unlikely), the WEF MOP might.