Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse (4th Edition) I-III

Author: [USA] Metcalf & Eddy Inc.
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Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is a classic and authoritative textbook for municipal and environmental engineering professionals in the field of wastewater treatment, and serves as a reference tool for these professionals. The first three editions of this book were published in 1972, 1979, and 1991, respectively. The main content of this book includes: determination of wastewater components, analysis and selection of treatment processes, physical unit processes, chemical unit processes, principles of biological treatment, suspended growth and attached growth biological treatment processes, advanced wastewater treatment, disinfection processes, wastewater reuse, treatment, disposal, and reuse of biosolids, and related issues of wastewater treatment plant operations, etc. Based on the content of the first three editions, this book introduces the changes in wastewater treatment technology and regulations in the past decade, provides information on the current status of new technologies in this field, elaborates on the theory and design issues of wastewater treatment by integrating physical, chemical, and biological treatment processes, and expands the theoretical and design aspects of biological wastewater treatment. This book also comprehensively updates the data tables and includes new design examples, reflecting the technical changes in process design.