Includes index.

Contents: Impact of man on the environment: An overview: The biosphere -- The hydrologic cycle -- The nutrient cycles -- Consequences of population growth -- Energy consumption and demand -- Pollution of air, water and soil -- Closure -- Air pollution: Sources and effects: Definition and scales of concentration -- Classification and properties of air pollutants -- Emission sources -- Behaviour and fate of air pollution -- Air pollution laws and standards -- Meteorological aspects of air pollutant dispersion: Temperature lapse rates and stability -- Wind velocity and turbulance -- Plume behaviour -- Dispersion of air pollutants -- Estimation of plume rise -- Air pollution sampling and measurement: Types of pollutant sampling and measurement -- Ambient air sampling -- Stack sampling -- Analysis of air pollutants -- Air pollution control methods and equipment: Control methods -- Source correction methods -- Cleaning of gaseous effluents -- Particulate emission control -- Selection of a particulate collector -- Control of gaseous emissions -- Control of specific gaseous pollutants: Control of sulphur dioxide emission -- Control of nitrogen oxides -- Carbon monoxide control -- Control of hydrocarbons -- Mobile sources -- Sources and classification of water pollutants: Water resources -- Origin of wastewater -- Types of water pollutants and their effects -- Water pollution laws and standards -- Wastewater sampling and analysis: Sampling -- Methods of analysis -- Determination of organic matter -- Determination of inorganic substances -- Physical characteristics -- Bacteriological measurements -- Water quality standards -- Wastewater treatment: Basic processes of water treatment -- Primary treatment -- Secondary (biological) treatment -- Advanced wastewater treatment -- Recovery of materials from process effluents -- Solid waste management: Sources and classification -- Public health aspects -- Methods of collection -- Disposal methods -- Potential methods of disposal -- Hazardous waste management: Definition and sources -- The hazardous wastes rules -- Hazardous waste classification -- Potentially non-compatible wastes -- Hazardous waste management strategy -- Treatment methods -- Solidification and stabilization -- Disposal methods.