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This new edition of Microbiology for Water and Wastewater Operators emphasizes the new world order of water control based on microbiological principles and practices. The book explores microbes that threaten health and links microbes to operator activities and collection procedures. It provides need-to-know information about microbiology fundamentals and applications. This resource serves as a basic study tool by water/wastewater personnel pre...

This completely revised volume presents the latest research on global climate change, air pollution, radon, indoor air quality, acid rain, and more. The second edition of a bestseller, this work explores common themes of air resource utilization and air protection with a section on air pollution and remediation. It contains regulatory updates related to air quality and an update on pollution control technologies. In addition to the discussion ...

Written in Frank Spellman¿s trademark, engaging, and highly readable style, this book discusses issues facing the water/wastewater and desalination industries. It covers how reverse osmosis is used in drinking water purification from seawater as well as other industrial applications. By design, this text does not include an in-depth discussion of mathematics, engineering, chemistry, or biology. However, it does include numerous illustrations a...

Food additives have used since the beginning of time to enhance the quantity and quality of food. Regulating Food Additives: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly addresses both the importance and the dangers of additives. This book discusses topics such as how they are prepared, how they are regulated, and why we need to be concerned about them.

Essentials of Environmental Engineering is designed for use in an introductory university undergrad course. This book introduces environmental engineering as a profession applying science and math theories to describe and explore the relationship between environmental science and environmental engineering. Environmental engineers work to sustain human existence by balancing human needs from impacts on the environment with the natural state of ...

This entirely updated edition of The Handbook of Nature provides scientific answers to questions that arise when looking at the world around us. It examines how natural phenomena/disasters influence the way we live, the impact of human activity on the environment, and how we can use lessons from the past to avoid irreparable damage in the future.

The thirteenth of a well-received and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure, Commercial Facilities Protection and Homeland Security is intended to help law enforcement, security specialists, managers, and anyone involved in protecting infrastructure, handle the security threats that they deal with on a daily basis.

The financial services sector is critical to the economy and represents a vital component of our nation's critical infrastructure. Financial Services Sector Protection and Homeland Security provides readers with an understanding of the challenges and potential threats faced by this sector.

The eleventh volume of a highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Information Technology Protection and Homeland Security is an eye-opening account of a complex sector. This book describes the processes needed to identify assets, assess risk, implement protective programs, and measure their effectiveness.

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The tenth of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Communications Sector Protection and Homeland Security is an eye-opening account and an important reference source of a complex sector. Communications systems are the backbone for much of the critical infrastructure within the United States and many of the other infrastructure components are completely dependent on them to perform t...

In an era when many in the science community feel that science is under attack, In Defense of Science explains why ordinary citizens need to have an understanding of science, its methods, and its groundbreaking discoveries. The authors debunk several misconceptions of science and scientists, and advocate that science is an integral part of society and everyday life. The book begins with an introduction to science and its basic concepts, includ...

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The ninth of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Defense Industrial Base Protection and Homeland Security is an eye-opening account and an important reference describing a complex sector. This book was designed and written to serve and advise U.S. project designers, engineers, law enforcement and security specialists, building and grounds superintendents, and managers in charge of...