Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering

The latest edition of a bestseller, Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sixth Edition is still the most comprehensive, authoritative reference available in the field. This monumental two-volume encyclopedia now includes 89 entries on topics ranging from acid rain, air pollution, and community health to environmental law, instrumentation, modeling, alternative energy, radioactive waste, and water treatment.

The broad coverage includes highly specialized topics as well as those that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries, reflecting the interdisciplinary skills and knowledge required by environmental researchers and engineers. Featuring expert contributors representing industry, academia, and government agencies, the encyclopedia presents fundamental concepts and applications in environmental science and engineering. The entries are supported by extensive figures, photographs, tables, and equations.

Revised and updated, this sixth edition includes new material on water supplies and wastewater treatment, biomass and renewable energy, and international public health issues. New entries cover environmental and occupational toxicology, geoengineering, and lead abatement. The Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering provides a view of the field that helps readers understand, manage, and respond to threats to the human environment.
"The authors … continue the pursuit of new knowledge, calculated to bring new fruits of health, safety, and comfort to man and his environs. The charms, as well as the subtle hazards, of the terms ‘conservation, preservation, and ecology’ need to be crystallized so that the public and their decision-makers practice this complex art with clearer conception and perception than is apparent in recent bitter confrontations."

—From the Foreword to the Fourth Edition by Abel Wolman
What’s New in This Edition



New entries on environmental and occupational toxicology, geoengineering, and lead abatement
Twenty-five significantly updated entries, including expanded discussion of water supplies and waste water treatment, biomass and renewable energy, and international public health issues
An expanded list of acronyms and abbreviations

James R. Pfafflin is a professional engineer in Ontario, a chartered engineer in the UK, and also holds the title of European Engineer (EUR ING). He is a member of the Commissioned Reserve of the US Public Health Service.
Edward N. Ziegler is an associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at Polytechnic Institute of New York University and former director of its Environmental Science Program. For more information about Dr. Ziegler, see his profile at NYU Poly.

VOLUME 1: A – L

Acid RainGary J. Stensland

AerosolsKikuo Okuyama, Yasuo Kousaka, and John H. Seinfeld

Air Pollutant EffectsEdward F. Ferrand

Air Pollution InstrumentationJames Geiger and Mark D. Mueller

Air Pollution MeteorologyHans A. Panofsky

Air Pollution SourcesJehuda Menczel

Aquatic Primary ProductionCharles R. Goldman

Atmospheric ChemistryLarry G. Anderson

Biological Treatment of WastewaterJ.K. Bewtra and N. Biswas

BrownfieldsLee Dorigan

Coal Gasification ProcessesRobert J. Farrell and Edward N. Ziegler

Community HealthJohn B. De Hoff

CompostingJames K. McCarthy and Raul R. Cardenas, Jr.

DesalinationE. Delyannis and V. Belessiotis

DisinfectionA.D. Russell and P.J. Ditchett

Ecology of PlantsElroy L. Rice

Ecology of Primary Terrestrial ConsumersFrancis C. Evans

Ecosystem TheoryEugene P. Odum

Effects of ChemicalsPaul Baham and James R. Pfafflin

Electrostatic PrecipitationRoger G. Ramsdell, Jr.

Energy Sources: AlternativesFriedrich-Werner Möllenkamp and Kenneth C. Hoffman

Environmental and Occupational Toxicology – New!J.H. Lange, L. Cegolon, and G. Mastrangelo

Environmental Assessments and Related ImpactsRobert Dresnack

Environmental EducationEugene B. Golub

Environmental HealthJoseph A. Salvato, Jr.

Environmental LawWilliam Goldfarb

EpidemiologyJ.H. Lange

EutrophicationRobert Dresnack

Fluidized Bed CombustionJames Sanderson

Fossil Fuel Cleaning ProcessesEdward N. Ziegler

Geoengineering – New!Joseph M. Lynch

Geographic Information SystemsTodd Hepworth

Greenhouse Gases EffectsB.J. Mason

Groundwater ResourcesPaul Chan, Yuan Ding, and John R. Schuring, Jr.

Hazardous Waste ManagementRichard T. Dewling, and Gregory A. Pikul

Hazardous WastesEdward F. Ferrand

HydrologyMichael C. Quick

Indoor Air PollutionJohn D. Constance

Industrial EcologyTao Wang and T.E. Graedel

Industrial Hygiene EngineeringFrank S. Gill and Roger J. Alesbury

Industrial Waste ManagementClinton E. Parker and Syed R. Qasim

Instrumentation: Water and Wastewater AnalysisLeonard L. Ciaccio

Lead Abatement – New!J.H. Lange and G. Mastrangelo

Legal Aspects of the EnvironmentVictor J. Yannacone, Jr.

LimnologyFrances Paula Solomon

　
VOLUME 2: M – Z

Management of Radioactive WastesColin A. Mawson and Yuan Ding

Management of Solid WastePeter B. Lederman and Michael F. Debonis

Marine Spillage: Sources and HazardsDonald P. Roseman

MicrobiologyHelene N. Guttman

Mobile Source PollutionEdward N. Ziegler

Modeling of Estuarine Water QualityNeal E. Armstrong

Municipal WastewaterJames R. Pfafflin and Cameron Macinnis

Natural Systems for Wastewater TreatmentMohammed S. Kamal and Syed R. Qasim

Nitrogen Oxides ReductionW. Michael Sutton and Edward N. Ziegler

NoiseCharles E. Wilson

Non-Ionizing RadiationsGeorge M. Wilkening

OceanographyMichael Bruno and Richard Hires

Oil Spillage into Water: TreatmentGerard P. Canevari

Particulate EmissionsJohn M. Matsen

Particulate RemovalJohn M. Matsen

PCBs and Associated AromaticsIan Webber

PesticidesRobert L. Metcalf

Physical and Chemical Treatment of WastewatersAlessandro Anzalone, J.K. Bewtra, and Hambdy I. Ali

PlanningClinton J. Andrews

Planning for New Processes: Environmental AspectsRobert H. Quig, Thomas Granger, and Edward N. Ziegler

Planning Water Supply and Sanitation Projects in Developing NationsSyed R. Qasim

Pollution Effects on FishJohn E. Bardach

Pollution from Mine DrainageErnst P. Hall

Prevention of Toxic Chemical ReleaseJohn D. Constance

Psychological Aspects of Man’s EnvironmentSheila M. Pfafflin

Radiation EcologyStanley I. Auerbach

RadonRichard T. Dewling, Donald A. Deieso, and Gerald P. Nicholls

Recycling Waste MaterialsMark A. Tompeck

Remote SensingJonathan Chipman

Sediment Transport J. Alex McCorquodale

Small Flow Wastewater Treatment for Domestic and Special ApplicationsSyed R. Qasim

Stack SamplingMark Winter, Donald G. Wright, and Marcus E. Kantz

Statistical Methods for Environmental ScienceSheila M. Pfafflin

The Terrestrial SystemR. Buckminster Fuller

Thermal Effects on Fish EcologyCharles C. Coutant

Urban Air Pollution ModelingAlessandro Anzalone

Urban RunoffRichard Field

Vapor and Gaseous Pollutant FundamentalsTai-Ming Chiu and Edward N. Ziegler

Water and Waste Management Systems in SpaceRobert G. Zachariadis and Syed R. Qasim

Water ChemistryWerner Stumm, Martin Forsberg, and Steven Gherini

Water FlowS.P. Chee

Water: Properties, Structure, and Occurrence in NatureWerner Stumm, Steven Gherini, and Martin Forsberg

Water ReusePrasanna Ratnaweer

Water TreatmentPhilip H. Jones and Mark A. Tompeck

Appendix

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Indices