Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science – Gilbert M. Masters – 2nd Edition

Balanced coverage of all 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 pollution. Slightly more quantitative than most books on the market Explores pressing environmental issues such as ozone depletion, the greenhouse effect, groundwater flow and pollution, and indoor air quality Includes several important teaching aids

Many examples of each quantitative concept. Worked examples in each quantitative section. Numerous problems at the end of each chapter. NEW: Includes a new chapter covering solid waste management and resource recovery (Chapter 9). Chapter T focuses on contamination prevention and product stewardship. NEW: Risk assessment has been considerably expanded and moved earlier in the book (Chapter 4), reflecting the importance of this topic in environmental engineering and policy making. NEW: Provides a completely revised chapter on global atmospheric change that aligns with the perspectives, terminology, and approaches that have become the standard based on scientific assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

(Chapter 8) NEW: Features expanded coverage of water resources and groundwater remediation, including the challenge posed by subsurface contamination from non-aqueous phase liquids. (Chapter 5) NEW: Summarizes the National Resources Council’s assessment of the ability of conventional pump-and-treat remedial technologies to restore aquifer quality. (Chapter 5) NEW– Covers hazardous waste treatment and descriptions of the key pieces of environmental law that regulate hazardous substances. (Chapter 6) NEW: Updates coverage of mobile source controls in the air pollution chapter (Chapter 7) to include descriptions of reformulated gasoline and other alternative fuels, as well as new material on two-stroke engines and hybrid electric vehicles. NEW: Includes unique indoor air quality coverage. NEW– All topics have received a more careful and complete treatment to update them and increase the depth and breadth of the information presented.