Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science Appropriate for undergraduate engineering and science courses in Environmental Engineering. Balanced coverage of all the major categories of environmental pollution, with coverage of current topics such as climate change and ozone depletion, risk assessment, indoor air quality, source-reduction and recycling, and groundwater contamination. Slightly more quantitative than most books on the market. |
Contents
MASS AND ENERGY TRANSFER | 1 |
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY | 39 |
MATHEMATICS FOR GROWTH | 77 |
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