BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION -- POLLUTION IN ACTION -- THE GREAT SMOGS OF 1952 -- EASTERN EUROPE AT THE END OF THE COLD WAR -- CHINA IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- THE CASE FOR POLLUTION CONTROL -- CHAPTER 2 POLLUTION IN THE AIR -- CRITERIA POLLUTANTS -- FINE PARTICULATES -- CARBON MONOXIDE -- SULFUR DIOXIDE -- NITROGEN DIOXIDE -- OZONE -- LEAD -- AIR TOXICS -- GREENHOUSE GASES -- WATER VAPOUR -- CARBON DIOXIDE -- METHANE -- SURFACE-LEVEL OZONE -- NITROUS OXIDES AND FLUORINATED GASES -- AIR POLLUTION AND AIR MOVEMENT -- THE GLOBAL REACH OF AIR POLLUTION -- ACID RAIN -- STRATOSPHERIC OZONE -- GLOBAL WARMING -- INDOOR AIR POLLUTION -- CHAPTER 3 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL -- CONTROL OF PARTICULATES -- CYCLONES -- SCRUBBERS -- ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS -- BAGHOUSE FILTERS -- CONTROL OF GASES -- ABSORPTION -- ADSORPTION -- INCINERATION -- CARBON SEQUESTRATION -- AUTOMOBILE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 4 POLLUTION ON LAND -- SOLID WASTE -- HAZARDOUS WASTE -- XENOBIOTIC CHEMICALS IN SOIL -- CHAPTER 5 WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SOIL DETOXIFICATION -- DEVELOPMENTS IN WASTE MANAGEMENT -- STORAGE, COLLECTION, AND TRANSPORT -- SOLID-WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL -- INCINERATION -- COMPOSTING -- SANITARY LANDFILLS -- HAZARDOUS-WASTE MANAGEMENT -- TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE -- TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL -- REMEDIAL ACTION -- SOIL DETOXIFICATION -- RECYCLING -- SEPARATION -- FERROUS METALS -- NONFERROUS METALS -- RUBBER -- PAPER AND OTHER CELLULOSE PRODUCTS -- GLASS -- PLASTICS -- CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE -- DOMESTIC REFUSE -- CHAPTER 6 POLLUTION IN THE WATER -- THREATENED FRESHWATER -- THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE -- SURFACE WATERS -- GROUNDWATERS -- THREATENED OCEANS -- EUTROPHICATION AND DEAD ZONES -- OIL SPILLS -- MUNICIPAL WATER CONSUMPTION -- DRINKING-WATER QUALITY.

WATER QUALITY STANDARDS -- MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS -- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS -- MODERN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 7 WATER TREATMENT -- DEVELOPMENTS IN WATER TREATMENT -- CLARIFICATION -- SEDIMENTATION -- COAGULATION AND FLOCCULATION -- FILTRATION -- DISINFECTION -- ADDITIONAL TREATMENT -- MEMBRANE FILTRATION -- WATER SOFTENING -- AERATION -- CARBON ADSORPTION -- FLUORIDATION -- DESALINATION -- THERMAL PROCESSES -- MEMBRANE PROCESSES -- COGENERATION AND HYBRID PROCESSES -- EFFLUENT DISPOSAL -- SEWAGE TREATMENT -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- SEWAGE CHARACTERISTICS -- SEWERAGE SYSTEMS -- SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL -- SLUDGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL -- CHAPTER 8 OTHER FORMS OF POLLUTION -- NOISE POLLUTION -- MEASURING AND PERCEIVING LOUDNESS -- DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF NOISE -- LIGHT POLLUTION -- PLASTIC POLLUTION -- THE PROBLEM OF PLASTICS -- PLASTIC POLLUTION IN OCEANS AND ON LAND -- POLLUTION BY PLASTICS ADDITIVES -- SOLVING THE PROBLEM -- RADIOACTIVE WASTE -- REACTOR FUEL -- REACTOR SAFETY -- CHAPTER 9 WORKING TOWARD A NONPOLLUTING WORLD -- ENVIRONMENTAL LAW -- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT -- LEVELS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW -- TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW -- PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW -- CURRENT TRENDS AND PROSPECTS -- ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING -- ENVIRONMENTALISM -- INTELLECTUAL UNDERPINNINGS -- HISTORY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.