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Humanure Handbook: A Guide To Composting Human Manure 3RD Edition
by Joseph Jenkins  
Publisher Comments Written by a humanure composting practitioner and organic gardener with over 20 years experience, this third edition provides detailed scientific information on how humanure can be hygienically recycled, without fancy technological do-dads, a large bank...
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Management of Combined Sewer Overflows
by Richard Field Publisher Comments There are approximately 10,000 combined sewer overflow (CSO) locations in the United States. During peak storm events they can release about 1.2 trillion gallons of waste and up to 95% of a municipality's raw sewage into surface waters. Although many...
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Biowaste & Biological Waste Treatment
by Gareth Evans Publisher Comments With growing public pressure and increasingly stringent environmental legislation, the waste industry is now being called upon to develop more sustainable methods of dealing with refuse. Coupled with moves to reduce reliance on landfill as a disposal...
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Designing America's Waste Landscapes (Center Books on Contemporary Landscape Design)
by Mira Engler Publisher Comments One of the physical costs of our society's breakneck consumption, sprawl, and technological innovation and production is the increasing amount of terrain relegated to accommodating the resulting waste and wasted space. These marginal landscapes can be...
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Principles of Hazardous Materials Management
by Roger D Griffin Synopsis This valuable new book gives the reader a basic understanding of the principles involved in each major topic represented: risk assessment, air toxics, groundwater, management methods, federal laws, waste minimization, treatment and disposal...
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Barrier Systems for Environmental Contaminant Containment and Treatment
by Calvin C Chien Publisher Comments Containment and permeable reactive barriers have come full circle as an acceptable environmental control technology during the past 30 years. As interest shifted back toward containment in the 1990s, the industry found itself relying largely on pre-1980s...
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Handbook of Environmental Fate & Exposu Volume 1
by Philip H Howard Publisher Comments This 5-volume set allows you to assess the health and environmental effects of chemicals by determining the routes of exposure of the chemical to sensitive organisms. Environmental Fate and Exposure of Organic Chemicals provides relevant facts on how...
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Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management: Cradle-To-Cradle for Sustainable Development
by Salah M., Dr., Ph.d. El-haggar Publisher Comments A major environmental and economic problem of the 21st century is the waste generated from industry. The development of science and technology has increased human capacity to extract resources from nature. Extracted resources are then processed, used and...
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Surfactant Science Series #22: Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils
by Donald L Wise Synopsis This volume focuses on innovative bioremediation techniques and applications for the cleanup of contaminated media and sites. It includes quantitative and design methods that elucidate the relationships among various operational parameters, and waste...
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Water and Wastewater Technology (6TH 07 Edition)
by Hammer Publisher Comments A best-seller in the field of water and wastewater engineering and technology, this book provides the fundamental principles and management practices in water technology. All major systems and operations are covered concisely yet comprehensively. Topics...
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Geotechnical Practice for Waste Disposal
by David E Daniel Synopsis This book is a comprehensive and authoritative review of the current state of practice for geotechnical specialists working on waste disposal problems. It provides background on general principles, such as contaminant migration in soil, and specific...
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Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial
by John Pichtel Publisher Comments A practical guide for the identification and management of a range of hazardous wastes, Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial integrates technical information including chemistry, microbiology, and engineering, with current...
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Litter Decomposition: A Guide to Carbon and Nutrient Turnover
by Ryszard Laskowski Publisher Comments Litter Decomposition describes one of the most important processes in the biosphere '" the decay of organic matter. It focuses on the decomposition process of foliar litter in the terrestrial systems of boreal and temperate forests due to the greater...
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Industrial Waste Treatment: Contemporary Practice and Vision for the Future
by Nelson Leon Nemerow Publisher Comments Taking the reader through the history of industrial waste treatment and directing them toward a new path of best practice, this book illustrates how current treatment techniques are affected by regulatory and economic constraints, scientific knowledge...
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Waste Containment Systems, Waste Stabilization, and Landfills: Design and Evaluation
by Hari D Sharma Book News Annotation A concise but complete treatment of the title subject for practicing civil, geotechnical, and environmental engineers, scientists, project managers, and regulators, as well as students specializing in environmental engineering. The volume contains ten...
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Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook 2ND Edition
by Woodard & Curran Publisher Comments Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook provides the most reliable methodology for identifying which waste types are produced from particular industrial processes and how they can be treated. There is a thorough explanation of the fundamental mechanisms by...
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The Practical Handbook of Compost Engineering
by Roger T Haug Synopsis < P> The Practical Handbook of Compost Engineering presents an in-depth examination of the principles and practice of modern day composting. This comprehensive book covers compost science, engineering design, operation, principles, and practice...
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Hazardous Waste Minimization
by Harry M Freeman Book News Annotation Addressing both the public and private sectors, 19 contributions present advice and practical suggestions on ways to evaluate and implement effective waste minimization programs. They summarize technologies, cite and describe examples of successes...
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Plastics Wastes: Management, Control, Recycling, & Disposal
by T Randall Curlee Publisher Comments Plastic wastes in the municipal solid waste (MSW) stream and in the industrial sector are discussed in this book. Quantities of plastic wastes generated, characterization of the wastes, their environmental impact, and management of the waste stream are...
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Complete Guide To the Hazardous Waste Regu 2ND Edition
by Travis P Wagner Book News Annotation An explanation of the hazardous waste regulatory program of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Wagner, senior environmental analyst, Labaat-Anderson, Inc., examines hazardous waste regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the...
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