PART ONE Reading Materials Unit 1 General 1 Environmental Engineering and EnvironmentalEngineer 2 A Symbiotic Relationship in EnvironmentalEngineering 3 The Field of Environmental Science 4 Elements of Ecology 5 Biodegradation and Decomposition Unit 2 Water and Wastewater 6 Measurement of Water Quality 7 Water Treatment 8 Collection of Wastewater 9 Wastewater Treatment Options 10 Primary Treatment 11 Secondary Treatment 12 Tertiary Treatment 13 Characteristics of the Sludges 14 Sludge Treatment Unit 3 Air 15 Air Pollution Control Equipment 16 Indoor Air Quality Unit 4 Solid Waste 17 Resource Recovery 18 Solid Wastes 19 Solid Waste Disposal 20 Disposal of Solid Waste-Landfilling Unit 5 Noise 21 Noise Pollution Unit 6 Environmental Assessment 22 Assessment of Environmental Impacts Unit 7 Pollution Prevention 23 The Pollution Prevention Concept 24 The Pollution Prevention IndustrialApplications Unit 8 Miscellaneous 25 Acid Rain 26 Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming 27 Economics in Environmental Management 28 Multimedia Concerns in Pollution Control PART TWO Academic Writing