Fundamentals of Wastewater Treatment and Engineering

This new edition introduces the fundamental concepts of wastewater treatment, followed by engineering design of unit processes for sustainable treatment of municipal wastewater and resource recovery. It covers history, current practices, emerging concerns and pertinent regulations for this important area of engineering.

List of contents

1 Sustainable wastewater treatment and engineering
2 Reaction kinetics and chemical reactors
3 Wastewater microbiology
4 Natural purification processes
5 Wastewater treatment fundamentals
6 Preliminary treatment
7 Primary treatment
8 Secondary treatment - suspended growth process
9 Secondary treatment - Attached growth and combined Processes
10 Secondary clarification and disinfection
11 Anaerobic wastewater treatment
12 Solids processing and disposal
13 Advanced treatment processes
14 Resource recovery and sustainability
15 Design examples

About the author

Dr. Rumana Riffat is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Her research interests include wastewater treatment, specifically nutrient removaland anaerobic treatment of wastewater and biosolids.
Dr. Taqsim Husnain is Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. His research interests include sustainable water and wastewater treatment with advanced membrane separation processes and resource recovery from wastewater.

Summary

This new edition introduces the fundamental concepts of wastewater treatment, followed by engineering design of unit processes for sustainable treatment of municipal wastewater and resource recovery. It covers history, current practices, emerging concerns and pertinent regulations for this important area of engineering.

Product details

• Authors: Taqsim Husnain, Rumana Riffat, Rumana (George Washington University Riffat, Riffat Rumana
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2022
• EAN: 9780367681302
• ISBN: 978-0-367-68130-2
• No. of pages: 402
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Waste Management, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Dams & Reservoirs, Science / Environmental Science, Waste treatment & disposal, Waste treatment and disposal