Wastewater Engineering

Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery, 5/e is a thorough update of McGraw-Hill’s authoritative book on wastewater treatment. No environmental engineering professional or civil or environmental engineering major should be without a copy of this book – describing the rapidly evolving field of wastewater engineering technological and regulatory changes that have occurred over the last ten years in this discipline, including: a new view of a wastewater as a source of energy, nutrients and potable water; more stringent discharge requirements related to nitrogen and phosphorus; enhanced understanding of the fundamental microbiology and physiology of the microorganisms responsible for the removel of nitrogen and phosphorus and other constituents; an appreciation of the importance of the separate treatment of return flows with respect to meeting more stringent standards for nitrogen removal and opportunities for nutrient recovery; increased emphasis on the treatment of sludge and the management of biosolids; increased awareness of carbon footprints impacts and greenhouse gas emissions, and an emphasis on the development of energy neutral or energy positive wastewater plants through more efficient use of chemical and heat energy in wastewater.

This revision contains a strong focus on advanced wastewater treatment technologies and stresses the reuse aspects of wastewater and biosolids.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Wastewater Treatment and Process Analysis

2 Wastewater Characteristics

3 Wastewater Flowrates and Constituent Loadings

4 Wastewater Treatment Process Selection, Design, and Implementation

5 Physical Unit Processes

6 Chemical Unit Processes

7 Fundamentals of Biological Treatment

8 Suspended Growth Biological Treatment Processes

9 Attached Growth and Combined Biological Treatment Processes

10 Anaerobic Suspended and Attached Growth Biological Treatment Processes

11 Separation Processes for Removal of Residual Constituents

12 Disinfection Processes

13 Processing and Treatment of Sludges

14 Biosolids Processing, Resource Recovery and Beneficial Use

15 Plant Recycle Flow Treatment and Nutrient Recovery

16 Air Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Facilities and Their Control

17 Energy Considerations in Wastewater Management

18 Wastewater Management: Future Challenges and Opportunities