书目

Municipal Wastewater Treatment

内容简介

AthoroughanalysisofpublicpolicyandtheCleanWaterAct′seffectonwaterqualityintheU.S.Usingwaterqualitydataandhistoricalrecordsfromthepast60years,thisbookpresentsthemeasuredimpactofthe1972CleanWaterActondomesticwaterways–ecologically,politically,andeconomically.MunicipalWastewaterTreatmentsupportsthehypothesisthattheAct′sregulationofwastewatertreatmentprocessesatpubliclyownedtreatmentworks(POTW)andindustrialfacilitieshasachievedsignificantsuccess.Theauthors′caseispresentedin:?Backgroundinformationonthehistoryofwaterpollutioncontrolandwaterqualitymanagement?Chaptersaddressinglong–termtrendsinbiochemicaloxygendemandloadingsfrommunicipalwastewaterplantsandthe"worst–case"dissolvedoxygenlevelsinwaterwaysdownstreamofpointsourcesbeforeandaftertheCleanWaterAct?Ninecasestudyassessmentsoflong–termtrendsofpollutantloadingwaterqualityandenvironmentalresourcesassociatedwithPOTWdischargesUsinglong–termtrendsindissolvedoxygenasthekeyindicatorofwaterqualityimprovements,thisbookprovidesadetailedretrospectiveanalysisoftheeffectivenessofthewaterpollutioncontrolpoliciesandregulationsofthe1972CleanWaterAct.ThesuccessesoftheActthathavebeenachievedoverthepast30yearsareplacedinthehistoricalcontextofthe"GreatSanitaryAwakening"ofthe19thcenturyandchangesinpublicpoliciesforwatersupplyandwaterpollutioncontrolthathaveevolvedduringthe20thcenturytoprotectpublichealthandtheintrinsicvalueofaquaticresources.CasestudysitesincludetheConnecticutRiver,Hudson–RaritanEstuary,DelawareEstuary,PotomacEstuary,UpperChattahoocheeRiver,OhioRiver,UpperMississippiRiver,andWillametteRiver.Completewithend–of–chaptersummariesandconclusions,MunicipalWastewaterTreatment:EvaluatingImprovementsinNationalWaterQualityisanessentialbookforengineers,scientists,regulators,andconsultantsinvolvedinwaterqualitymanagementandwastewatertreatment,aswellasstudentsofenvironmentalengineering,environmentalscience,andpublicpolicy.

作者简介

AndrewStoddardisaprincipalenvironmentalengineeratAndrewStoddard&Associates,Hamilton,Virginia.JonHarcumisaprincipalengineeratTetraTech,Inc.,LasCruces,NewMexico.JonathanSimpsonisaseniorscientistatTetraTech,Inc.,Fairfax,Virginia.JamesR.PagenkopfisavicepresidentatTetraTech,Inc.,Fairfax,Virginia.RobertK.BastianisaseniorenvironmentalscientistwiththeU.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency,OfficeofWastewaterManagement,Washington,D.C.

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