Nemerow N.L. Industrial Waste Treatment: Contemporary Practice and Vision for the Future

Elsevier Inc., 2007. — 568 p. — ISBN: 0123724937, 978-0123724939; 978-0-12-372493-9
This book is a comprehensive look at the industrial wastewater treatment industry. It is not a design book. It provides a lot of summaries and forward thinking commentary. It is definitely worth having as a reference along with the rest of the Nelson Nemerow's books related to industrial wastewater. Provides environmental history from a professional/technical point-of-view as a basis for total solutions engineering; Includes sustainable practice necessary for the 21st Century; Thoroughly explores industry and environmental regulations over the past 150 years.
Covers the history of industrial waste treatment and paves the path toward best practice.
The book illustrates how current treatment techniques are affected by regulatory and economic constraints, scientific knowledge and tolerances. This book provides the reader with the basis for a more effective method of waste treatment which is sustainable and supportive of industrial improvements. Overall, it provides valuable information for planners, industrial, civil and environmental engineers and government officials for a better understanding of current practices and regulatory history and how these factors relate to the ability to complete environmental solutions to industrial waste problems.Industrial Environmental History 1
Introduction to Industrial Waste Treatment;
Twentieth Century
Theories and Practices;
Contaminant Concentration Reduction;
Neutralization;
Equalization and Proportioning;
Removal of Suspended Solids;
Removal of Colloidal Solids;
Removal of Inorganic Dissolved Solids;
Removal of Organic Dissolved Solids;
Treatment and Disposal of Sludge Solids;
Joint Treatment of Raw Industrial Waste with Domestic Sewage;
Hazardous Wastes;
Removal of Industrial Air Contaminants.
Twenty-First Century
Foreword to the Twenty-First Century
Preface to the Twenty-First Century
Prologue to the Twenty-First Century;
Rationale of Environmentally Balanced Industrial Complexes;
Procedure for Industry in Attaining Zero Pollution;
Economic Justification for Industrial Complexes;
Realistic Industrial Complexes;
Potential Industrial Complexes;
Potential Municipal–Industrial Complexes;
Naturally Evolving Industrial Complexes;
Benefit-Related Expenditures for Industrial Waste Treatment;