Description

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This publication provides 100 pages of introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, environmental engineers, and other professional engineers, construction managers and treatment plant operators interested in methods and processes for treatment of hazardous liquid waste streams. Here is what is discussed: 1. DEFINITIONS, 2. AIR STRIPPING, 3. BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT, 4. CARBON ADSORPTION, 5. CHEMICAL OXIDATION, 6. RESIN ADSORPTION, 7. CHEMICAL REDUCTION, 8. PRECIPITATION, 9. FLOCCULATION AND SEDIMENTATION, 10. NEUTRALIZATION, 11. OIL-WATER SEPARATION, 12. DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION, 13. REVERSE OSMOSIS, 14. SOLIDIFICATION/STABILIZATION, 15. ULTRAFILTRATION.

About the Author

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Paul Guyer is a registered civil engineer, mechanical engineer, fire protection engineer and architect with 35 years of experience designing buildings and related infrastructure. For an additional 9 years he was a principal staff advisor to the California Legislature on capital outlay and infrastructure issues. He is a graduate of Stanford University and has held numerous national, state and local offices with the American Society of Civil Engineers, Architectural Engineering Institute and National Society of Professional Engineers. He is a Fellow of ASCE and AEI.