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Industrial Combustion Pollution and Control
Marcel Dekker Inc 2003; US$ 239.95This text explores minerals production (glass, cement and bricks), chemical production and waste incineration. Key chapters discuss such pollutants as NOx, unburned hydrocarbons, SOx, particulates, noise and vibration, CO2, dioxins and furans and thermal radiation. more...
Salmon at the Edge
Wiley 2008; US$ 289.95Salmon at the Edge covers, in depth, the problems faced by wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout in estuaries and coastal zones, and in their early weeks at sea. The book also reflects the current precarious state of many migratory salmonid populations and the need for new approaches to a number of threats to these populations. Generated from papers... more...
Pollution and Property
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 36.00Solutions to environmental problems depend on impositing private-, common-, or public-property rights in natural resources. Who should own the resources: private individuals, private groups of 'stakeholders', or the entire society (the public)? Cole argues that no single property regime works best in all circumstances. Environmental protection requires... more...
Enviromental Pollution Control Microbiology
Marcel Dekker Inc 2004; US$ 239.95As a pioneer of biological wastewater treatment, MacKinney (emeritus, U. of Kansas, Lawrence) characterizes this update of his classic Microbiology for Sanitary Engineers (1962) as a summation of the information he has found useful as a practitioner rather than as a comprehensive textbook in the rap more...
Urban Groundwater Pollution (IAH International Contributions to Hydrogeology)
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 157.95More than 50% of the world's population already live in cities, and the proportion is rising extremely rapidly towards developed country levels of more than 90%. Groundwater from wells is the major source of water supply for many of these cities, however, groundwater is polluted by the cities that overlie it and sewerage systems are often absent,... more...
Care of Collections
Taylor and Francis 1994; US$ 53.95Confronting contemporary issues in museum practice, this collection provides a practical guide to all aspects of collections care. Contributors cover a wide range of issues including: conservation practice the monitoring and control of light relative humidity and atmospheric pollution packing, handling and transportation of collections... more...
Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution
CRC Press 2000; US$ 149.95Overviews techniques and methods for managing large watershed areas, with an emphasis on controlling nonpoint source pollution from agriculture in surface waters and groundwaters. The first of the 11 contributions provide background information on watershed hydrology, and discuss the basic processes of soil erosion as it occurs in upland areas. The more...
Air Pollution Control Equipment Selection Guide
CRC Press 2002; US$ 219.95Presents the information needed to select the proper equipment for any air pollution control problem. After an introduction to the topic, the volume next covers adsorption devices; biofilters; dry cyclone collectors; electrostatic precipitators; evaporative coolers; fabric filter collectors; fiberbed filters; filament (mesh pad) scrubbers; fluidize more...
Air Pollution Control Technology Handbook
CRC Press 2001; US$ 219.95In the debate over pollution control, the price of pollution is a key issue. But which is more costly: clean up or prevention? From regulations to technology selection to equipment design, Air Pollution Control Technology Handbook serves as a single source of information on commonly used air pollution control technology. It covers environmental regulations... more...
Biotechnology for Odor and Air Pollution Control
Springer 2005; US$ 94.99Biotechnology offers one of the most economical and environmentally benign methods of air pollution control for industrial and municipal airstreams. Volatile organic and inorganic odorous compounds from various industries are emitted in large quantities and create hazards to the ecosystem and health effects to humans. Thus, the demand for odor and... more...









