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Land treatment and disposal of municipal and industrial wastewater
BOOK REVIEWS
Environmental Conservation. Fourth Edition. By R. F. Dasmann. John Wiley, New York and London. 1976. xi + 496 pp. Price: £5.50, $11.00. This is the fourth, fully revised edition of a book which first appeared seventeen years ago. The text is well written and presented, aimed at elementary students and the general public. It suffers from the fashionable 'doomwatch' bias, particularly when discussing pollution, but otherwise it is an excellent introduction.
Sewage Treatment in Hot Climates. By D. Mara. John Wiley, London and New York. 1976. xv + 168 pp. Price: £7, $17. An account of the way standard methods of sewage treatment and disposal are affected by hot climates. This book should be useful to engineers in all tropical and subtropical countries, and to teachers and senior students of Sanitary engineering in colleges and universities in the warmer parts of the world.
Environment and the Industrial Society. Edited by N. Holmes. Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1976. 247 pp. Price: Boards £4.50, Paperback £2.95. Six authors, the editor and one other Australian combine to produce a popular account of the way in which the industrial society is affecting our environment.
Land Treatment and Disposal of Municipal and Industrial Wastewater. Edited by R. L. Sanks and T. Asano. Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1976. x + 310 pp. Price: £11.90, $22.00. This book contains thirteen articles by experienced workers in the field of waste disposal and resource recycling. Many were originally presented at an Environmental Engineers' Conference in Montana, but additional chapters have 313 Environ. Pollut. (14) (1977)--© Applied Science Publishers Ltd, England, 1977
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been added. A main theme is the possible recycling of nutrients from wastes, and the dangers of pollution which then arise. The text is aimed at engineers and scientists engaged in investigating, planning and designing systems of land treatment and wastewater disposal.
Selected Methods of Measuring Air Pollutants. World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Air Pollution Control and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of Air Pollution. World Health Organization, Geneva. 1976. ix + 112 pp. Price: $20. A useful account of practical methods for estimating particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, ozone and oxidants in air. Additional guidance on data processing and reporting is included.
Air Quality and Smoke from Urban and Forest Fires. Committees on Fire Research and Sociotechnical Systems. National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC. 1976. xi + 381 pp. Price: $10-25. This volume contains the papers given at a conference held in Colorado in 1973.
Microbiology of Aerial Plant Surfaces. Edited by C. H. Dickinson and T. F. Price. Academic Press, London. 1976. ix + 669 pp. Price: £12.80, $28.00. Thirty-one papers, given at a conference held in Leeds, England in 1975 are included. They mostly describe research work done between 1970 and 1975. Many papers deal with aspects of air pollution and its effects on plants and on the microorganisms on their surfaces. Research workers in this field, and advanced students of plant physiology and pathology, will find the volume useful.
Wastewater Treatment Technology. By J. W. Patterson. Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1976. iv + 265 pp. Price: £12.40, $24.75. This is a critical evaluation of 22 major industrial pollutants, and of the technology of the available treatments. Subjects considered include arsenic, barium, boron, cadmium, chloride, chromium, copper, cyanide, fluoride, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, oil, pH, phenol, silenium, total dissolved solids and zinc. The emphasis is on treatments of proven efficiency. The book should be useful to water and waste treatment engineers. Its practical bias should also make it useful to students and teachers.
Environmental Conservation. Fourth Edition. By R. F. Dasmann. John Wiley, New York and London. 1976. xi + 496 pp. Price: £5.50, $11.00. This is the fourth, fully revised edition of a book which first appeared seventeen years ago. The text is well written and presented, aimed at elementary students and the general public. It suffers from the fashionable 'doomwatch' bias, particularly when discussing pollution, but otherwise it is an excellent introduction.
Sewage Treatment in Hot Climates. By D. Mara. John Wiley, London and New York. 1976. xv + 168 pp. Price: £7, $17. An account of the way standard methods of sewage treatment and disposal are affected by hot climates. This book should be useful to engineers in all tropical and subtropical countries, and to teachers and senior students of Sanitary engineering in colleges and universities in the warmer parts of the world.
Environment and the Industrial Society. Edited by N. Holmes. Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1976. 247 pp. Price: Boards £4.50, Paperback £2.95. Six authors, the editor and one other Australian combine to produce a popular account of the way in which the industrial society is affecting our environment.
Land Treatment and Disposal of Municipal and Industrial Wastewater. Edited by R. L. Sanks and T. Asano. Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1976. x + 310 pp. Price: £11.90, $22.00. This book contains thirteen articles by experienced workers in the field of waste disposal and resource recycling. Many were originally presented at an Environmental Engineers' Conference in Montana, but additional chapters have 313 Environ. Pollut. (14) (1977)--© Applied Science Publishers Ltd, England, 1977
Printed in Great Britain
314
BOOKREVIEWS
been added. A main theme is the possible recycling of nutrients from wastes, and the dangers of pollution which then arise. The text is aimed at engineers and scientists engaged in investigating, planning and designing systems of land treatment and wastewater disposal.
Selected Methods of Measuring Air Pollutants. World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Air Pollution Control and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of Air Pollution. World Health Organization, Geneva. 1976. ix + 112 pp. Price: $20. A useful account of practical methods for estimating particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, ozone and oxidants in air. Additional guidance on data processing and reporting is included.
Air Quality and Smoke from Urban and Forest Fires. Committees on Fire Research and Sociotechnical Systems. National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC. 1976. xi + 381 pp. Price: $10-25. This volume contains the papers given at a conference held in Colorado in 1973.
Microbiology of Aerial Plant Surfaces. Edited by C. H. Dickinson and T. F. Price. Academic Press, London. 1976. ix + 669 pp. Price: £12.80, $28.00. Thirty-one papers, given at a conference held in Leeds, England in 1975 are included. They mostly describe research work done between 1970 and 1975. Many papers deal with aspects of air pollution and its effects on plants and on the microorganisms on their surfaces. Research workers in this field, and advanced students of plant physiology and pathology, will find the volume useful.
Wastewater Treatment Technology. By J. W. Patterson. Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1976. iv + 265 pp. Price: £12.40, $24.75. This is a critical evaluation of 22 major industrial pollutants, and of the technology of the available treatments. Subjects considered include arsenic, barium, boron, cadmium, chloride, chromium, copper, cyanide, fluoride, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, oil, pH, phenol, silenium, total dissolved solids and zinc. The emphasis is on treatments of proven efficiency. The book should be useful to water and waste treatment engineers. Its practical bias should also make it useful to students and teachers.