Land Treatment Systems for Municipal and Industrial Wastes
Land Treatment Systems for Municipal and Industrial Wastes

Author: Ronald W. Crites

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2000-03-17

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 0071500219

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A-Z guide to soil/plant/microbe-based wastewatertreatment Engineers and planners eager to benefit from the costefficiencies and convenience of land treatment of waste will find practical guidelines in this comprehensive manual. It covers soil hydraulics, vegetation selection, site selection, field investigations, preapplication treatment and storage, and transmission and distribution of wastewater. You're introduced to: Design procedures and appropriate uses for each of the three land treatment processes: soils, plants, and microbiological agents Special attributes of food processing wastewater, with 6 case studies The use of biosolids produced by mechanical treatment systems as crop nutrients Options for preapplication treatment, including ponds and constructed wetlands Much more

Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems
Natural Wastewater Treatment Systems

Author: Ronald W. Crites

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2010-12-12

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 1420026445

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Although initially based purely on environmental principles of reuse and recycling, natural waste treatment systems proved to have economic advantages over mechanical systems in many cases, being less expensive to build and operate as well as requiring less energy. Thus, natural waste treatment methods reemerged even as advanced wastewater treatmen