Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Toxicology, Environmental Engineering - General & Miscellaneous, Sewage & Waste Management Engineering
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Overview
Updated to cover new laws and standards, including Federal Safe Drinking Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Clean Air Act of 1990. Applies sanitation and engineering theory and principles to environmental control in urban, suburban and rural communities. Engineering design, construction, operation and maintenance details are provided throughout as they relate to plants and structures. Topics include: disease control, water supply, wastewater treatment and disposal, air pollution and noise control, radiation uses and protection, recreation areas, solid waste management and much more.Editorials
Booknews
**** First published in 1958 as Environmental sanitation, this reference has established itself as the preeminent work in the field, and the 3rd edition of 1982 is cited in BCL3. The present updated and expanded edition continues to apply public health and engineering principles and theory to environmental control in urban, suburban, and rural communities. It stresses the practical, detailing the use of formulas, rules of thumb, guidelines for good practice, and illustrates solutions to specific problems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
June 23, 1992
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pages
1456
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780471523772