Biodegradation has been the subject of active concern for the past 40 years. Recently, the field has expanded to encompass a wide variety of chemicals, a broad array of issues, and the development of the new bioremediation industry. This book presents the basic principles of biodegradation and shows how these principles relate to bioremediation. It explains scientific principles needed to understand biodegradation in soils and waters and reviews scientific concepts important in bioremediation. It also considers recent developments in environmental sciences, microbiology, toxicology, and engineering in the context of the theory and application of bioremediation.

The Exxon-Valdez cleanup brought the field of bioremediation into the headlines. Now, for the first time, the scientific theories and principles guiding bioremediation-the use of microorganisms in mitigating, controlling, and reversing the effects of chemical pollutants in the environment-are reviewed in this example-filled new reference for environmental engineers and scientists. The book details the major classes of chemical pollutants, such as hydrocarbons, solvents, PCBs, and pesticides; it also shows how bioremediation is used to treat solids, groundwater, sediments, and aquatic systems contaminated by hazardous waste.

Bioremediation, the use of biological agents to treat and degrade hazardous wastes, is fast gaining acceptance as a breakthrough treatment method. In this important reference book, chapters discuss the factors affecting the successful use of bioremediation, the effect of nutrients, the effect of oxygen, chemical adjuncts to bioremediation, anaerobic degradation by microorganisms, and bioreactors. Also included is a list of complete addresses of companies involved in bioremediation.

The majority of this regulation's requirements include preparation of compliance-specific documents. With this handbook's easy-to-use checklists, work sheets, examples and forms you will be able to complete these required documents in a minimum of time. This book spells out in detail all the information you must present, how to get it, and how to present it. Detailed explanations and recommendations are also presented for the non-documentary requirements.

Contains 60 pages of checklists and explanations covering air pollution control, water pollution control, hazardous waste management, toxic substances, control and environmental emergency preparedness. The 8.5" x 11" pages are arranged and bound so that they may be easily photocopied and held on a clipboard for ready reference as you conduct your own in-house environmental audit.

The Clean Air Act and its recent amendments have a substantial impact on virtually all industrial facilities. This book does more than explain what will be required for compliance. It provides important background information on what took place during the planning meetings and what it is that the congress really wants and expects to achieve.

Contains more than 5,200 technical and commercial definitions of terms used in the field of environmental engineering. Covers, water treatment, wastewater treatment, air pollution, solid waste, hazardous waste remediation, and more.

Both practical and theoretical, this book provides the basic principles of soil chemistry, hydrology, wetland ecology, microbiology, vegetation and wildlife as a sound introduction to this innovative technology to treat toxic wastewaters and sludges. An ideal resource for wastewater treatment plants, consulting engineers, federal and state regulators, industrial environmental managers, municipalities, environmental health professionals, and ecologists.

A virtual encyclopedia of state-of-the-art information on the use of constructed wetlands for improving water quality. Features contributions from prominent scientists and provides several important case studies. It is ideal for anyone involved in the application of constructed wetlands in treating municipal and industrial wastewater, mine drainage, and non-point source pollution. A "must" for industrial and municipal water treatment professionals, federal and state regulators, wetland scientists and professionals, ecologists, and environmental health professionals.

The new edition of this essential guide goes beyond soil compaction and building on fills to cover important environmental topics. The book will show you how to minimize pollution associated with septic systems, and how to use very large quantities of waste materials as fills, thereby mitigating pollution and disposal problems.

Enables the reader to assess the operating characteristics of commercially available systems and evaluate them for specific applications, either from the viewpoint of the purchasers of a system, or that of an inspector/auditor. Includes discussions of the principles of instrument operation, to design of monitoring systems, quality assurance requirements, and calculation techniques.

A combination of safety concerns and the need to comply with industry regulations and legislation is fueling the necessity to understand dangerous chemical reactions that can lead to fire, explosions, the formation of toxic fumes, or a number of other reactions. This reference book provides information on chemical incompatibility; chemical properties, releases to the environment; discharges into air, water and land; combustion, flammability and fires; explosions; and toxicity. It also includes chemicals and their reactivity group numbers and reactions between chemical groups.

Presents a state of the art approach to designing a water quality monitoring system, that gets consistently valid results. While emphasizing the need for a total systems approach to design, focusing on the "information end" of the water quality monitoring system, drawing on the latest scientific methods in the field, and illustrating key concepts with actual monitoring case studies.

This successful reference on landfills, and how they are designed and built, as well as how their performance is monitored over time (in terms of decomposition, leakage and gas emissions), has been updated to keep pace with new, more complicated EPA regulations (subtitle D or RCRA). It covers the new technologies and regulations related to hazardous wastes, new coverage of construction related issues and new liner and cover technologies.

This thorough, authoritative desk reference covers more than 5,000 common and lesser known terms in the field of environmental health and safety. The definitions are drawn from such diverse disciplines as agronomy, biosafety, biostatistics, ecology, epidemiology, environmental law, and hazardous chemical control, and are organized for ready access and quick comprehension.