Pollution Prevention and Control: Part I Human Health and Environmental Quality
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740305265
Table of contents: title: Content; title: Preface; title: 1. The Strategy of Pollution Control Engineering; title: 1.1. Our Round River; title: 1.2. A Preview of This Book; title: 1.3. The Fallacy of Zero Emissions; title: 1.4. The Integration of Pollution Control; title: 1.5. An Integrated Approach to Design; title: 1.6. The Integrated Approach to Learning Pollution Control Engineering; title: 2. The Engineering Design Process; title: 2.1. Defining the Design Problem; title: 2.2. Identifying the Alternatives; title: 2.3. Voluntary Pollution Prevention by Industry; title: 2.4. Designing for Pollution Prevention; title: 2.5. Green Chemistry; title: 2.6. Savings from Pollution Prevention; title: 2.7. Selecting the Best Design; title: 2.8. Conclusion; title: 3. The Environmental System; title: 3.1. Environmental Cycles and Environmental Stability; title: 3.2. The Water Cycle; title: 3.3. The Natural Carbon Cycle; title: 3.4. The Industrial Carbon Cycle; title: 3.5. Essential Nutrients; title: 3.6. The Nitrogen Cycle; title: 3.7. The Phosphorus Cycle; title: 3.8. The Sulfur Cycle; title: 3.9. Conclusion; title: 4. Toxicity and Aquatic Water Quality Criteria; title: 4.1. Toxicity; title: 4.2. Toxic Chemicals and Effects; title: 4.3. Aquatic Bioassays; title: 4.4. Water Quality Criteria for Toxic Chemicals; title: 4.5. Site-Specific Water Quality Criteria; title: 4.6. Adjusting for Water Hardness; title: 4.7. Ammonia Toxicity; title: 4.8. Conclusion; title: 5. Risk Assessment; title: 5.1. Risk Assessment Models and Philosophy; title: 5.2. Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessment; title: 5.3. Hazards and Risks; title: 5.4. Toxic Chemicals – The Regulator’s Dilemma; title: 5.5. Tests for Genotoxicity; title: 5.6. The Reference Dose (RfD) for Non-Carcinogenic Chemicals; title: 5.7. The Dose Response Curve and the Slope Factor (SF); title: 5.8. The Added Risk Concept; title: 5.9. Risk-based Standards for Drinking Water; title: 5.10. Risk Assessment of the Land Application of Sludge; title: 5.11. Conclusion; title: 6. Waterborne Microbial Diseases; title: 6.1. Promoting Public Health and Happiness; title: 6.2. An Important Public Health Event; title: 6.3. Risk Assessment for Pathogenic Organisms; title: 6.4. The DALY Metric for Evaluating Public Health Risk; title: 6.5. Drinking Water Treatment and Disinfection; title: 6.6. Animal Waste Management; title: 6.7. Natural Die-Off of Microorganisms; title: 6.8. Management of Sludge Applications to Land; title: 6.9. Monitoring the Microbial Quality of Drinking Water; title: 6.10. Conclusion; title: 7. The Fate of Pollutants in Air; title: 7.1. Introduction; title: 7.2. Natural and Engineered Systems; title: 7.3. Global Dispersion of Pollutants; title: 7.4. A Worst-Case Model for Pollutant Dispersion; title: 7.5. The Gaussan Model for Air Pollutant Dispersion; title: 7.6. Advanced Air Quality Models; title: 7.7. Case Study: Detroit Multi-Pollutant Pilot Project; title: 7.8. Conclusion; title: 8. The Fate of Pollutants in Water; title: 8.1. Introduction; title: 8.2. Fate of Pollutants in Rivers; title: 8.3. Segmented River Models; title: 8.4. Partitioning of Pollutants between Water, Air and Solids; title: 8.5. Case Study: PCBs in the Fox River, Wisconsin; title: 8.6. Fate of Pollutants in Lakes; title: 8.7. Advanced Lake Models; title: 8.8. Fate of Pollutants in Estuaries; title: 8.9. Case Study – The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model; title: 8.10. Fate of Pollutants in the Sea; title: 8.11. Conclusion; title: 9. The Fate of Pollutants in Soil and Groundwater; title: 9.1. Groundwater Contamination; title: 9.2. The Movement of Groundwater; title: 9.3. Redirecting Groundwater Flow by Pumping; title: 9.4. Case Study: Tucson International Airport Area (TIAA) Superfund Site; title: 9.5. Conclusion; title: 10. Guidelines for Environmental Protection; title: 10.1. Introduction; title: 10.2. International Environmental Agreements; title: 10.3. World Health Organization Guidelines; title: 10.4. European Union (EU Directives); title: 10.5. India and China; title: 10.6. The United States; title: 10.7. ISO 14000 Standards for Environmental Quality Management; title: 10.8. Conclusion; title: 11. References & Recommended Reading; title: 12. Appendix 1 – Drinking Water Criteria (Safe Drinking Water Act); title: 13. Appendix 2 – Clean Water Act – Human Health Water Quality Criteria; title: 14. Appendix 3 – USEPA Aquatic Life Criteria for Freshwater and Saltwater; title: 15. Appendix 4 – Creation of U.S. Federal Law; title: 16. Appendix 5 – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); title: 17. Appendix 6 – Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); title: Index