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This new edition of a standard quantifies the processes whereby streams cleanse themselves, reducing their pollutant load as a natural process. It clarifies the self-purifying function of streams and rivers in light of recent EPA rules on nonpoint pollutants and total maximum daily loads. The book covers basic concepts such as biological oxygen demand and contains an extended discussion of how streams originate and how they fit into the geomor...

Maintenance operators that can understand and properly use blueprints and schematics have little difficulty in correctly interpreting and using plant unit process drawings. This guide covers basic principles of blueprint reading and deals with principles and applications of schematics and symbols.

Presents information on pump fundamentals and applications, and introduces preventive maintenance and troubleshooting for hydraulic pumps. This work explains both centrifugal and positive-displacement pumps. It also covers common problem areas and corrective actions, such as how to maintain packing and mechanical seals.

Presents the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) regulatory requirements for making safe and proper confined space entries. This book includes OSHA's Confined Space, Lockout/Tagout, Respiratory Protection Standards and Hot Work Permit requirements.

This newly updated Dictionary provides a comprehensive reference for hundreds of environmental engineering terms used throughout the field. Author Frank Spellman draws on his years of experience and many government documents and legal and regulatory sources to update this edition with many new terms and definitions. This fifth edition includes terms relating to pollution control technologies, monitoring, risk assessment, sampling and analysis,...

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The eighth of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Government Facilities Protection and Homeland Security is a reference source that is designed to serve and advise project designers, engineers, security specialists, and anyone in general who is looking for quick answers to complicated questions. It is intended to help employers and employees handle security threats they must be pr...

In Environmental Health and Science Desk Reference, authors Frank R. Spellman and Revonna M. Bieber define and explain the terms and concepts used by environmental professionals, environmental science professionals, safety practitioners and engineers, and non-science professionals. This is an essential reference for anyone working in environmental health, environmental science, and related fields.

The seventh of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Transportation Protection and Homeland Security is a valuable reference source. The book was fashioned in response to the critical needs of transportation production managers, transportation engineers, security professionals (physical and cyber-security), students, and for anyone with a general interest in the security of transpor...

Recognized as an authoritative treatment of an important subject area, and presented in a conversational and straightforward style, Industrial Hygiene Simplified, 2nd Edition is an updated edition of the original, well-received textbook. Industrial Hygiene Simplified is valuable and accessible for use by those involved in such disciplines as industrial technology, manufacturing technology, industrial engineering technology, occupational safety...

Water Pollution Control Technology focuses on the practical use of tested technologies for cleaning up and controlling water pollutants and for protecting public health. Written in an easy-to-read conversational tone, this handbook provides readers with a thorough understanding of the concepts and applications of monitoring, sampling, and regulating water pollution.

The third edition of Environmental Science and Technology: Concepts and Applications is the first update since 2006. Designed for the student and the professional, this newly updated reference uses scientific laws and concepts to provide a basic foundation for understanding the impact that chemicals and technology have on the environment.

The second edition of a bestseller, this three volume set covers fundamental, intermediate, and advanced wastewater treatment operations in individual volumes. Primarily, the text prepares operators for all levels of certification licensure. Secondly, it provides a handbook for daily operation of wastewater treatment plants. The upgraded second edition includes additional coverage of emerging contaminants and their associated treatment process...

Environmental issues, global warming, pollution, and chemical dumping, are ever present in the news. But what about the health problems these issues pose? Frank Spellman and Melissa Stoudt identify the hazardous environmental issues and explain the science behind the dangers to our health. The Handbook of Environmental Health begins with defining the most commonly used terms, clearly explained for any student to learn and understand. Then each...

A critical aspect of sustainability associated with water and wastewater systems is to maintain and manage infrastructure in the most efficient and economical manner while complying with environmental regulations and keeping rates at acceptable levels. Given the high cost of fuel, our growing population, and the associated increase in energy needs, it is important to address energy use and future energy availability for the treatment of the wa...

People deal with physical hazards every day at the workplace, in their homes, on the roadways, and in many other areas. In any situation, people face potential hazards-often more than one hazard in each situation-and these hazards often lead to serious injury. But it is possible to mitigate the effects of many of these hazards, or even prevent them altogether. In Physical Hazard Control: Preventing Injuries in the Workplace, authors Frank R. S...

There is a strong need for innovation and the development of viable renewable energy sources. Recent technological advances now allow natural gas supplies-previously believed inaccessible or nonexistent-to be discovered, mined, and processed for both industrial and consumer use. The technology, a controversial process that is alternatively called hydraulic fracturing, fracking, fracing, or hydrofracking, has greatly expanded natural gas produc...

In The Handbook of Nature, authors Frank R. Spellman and Joni Price-Bayer provide a comprehensive guide to the study of nature in terms the layperson can grasp easily. This accessible reference work is for the non-specialist looking for quick, accurate information on all aspects of the study of nature.

Written in an engaging and highly readable style, The Handbook of Geoscience is ideal for students, administrators, legal professionals, non-scientific professionals, and general readers with little or no science background. This handbook is a user-friendly overview of our physical, biological, and ecological environment, one that offers up-to-date coverage of the major scientific fields that form the structure of geoscience. Students who are ...