Industrial waste treatment: contemporary practice and vision for the future

Industrỉa l Wast e Treatmen t

Contemporary Practice and Vision for the Future

By

Nelson Leonard Nemerow

Industrỉa l Wast e

Treatmen t

Editor

Nelso n Leonar d Nemero w

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Indusỉrial waste treatment: contemporary practice and vision for the íuture /

Nelson Leonard Nemerow.

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Includes index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-12-372493-9 (alk. paper)

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Ì. Factory and trade waste—Purification. ĩ. Sewage disposal plants. ì. Title.

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Content s

Prologue ix

List of Tables xi

List of Figures XV

Industrial Environmental History 1

Introduction to Industrial Waste Treatment 9

Part A—Twentieth Century li

1. Theories and Practices 13

2. Contaminant Concentration Reduction 25

3. Neutralization 35

4. Equalization and Proportioning 45

5. Removal of Suspended Solids 53

6. Removal of Colloidal Solids 79

7. Removal of Inorganic Dissolved Solids 89

8. Removal of Organic Dissolved Solids 105

9. Treatment and Disposal of Sludge Solids 149

lo. Joint Treatment of Raw Industrial Waste with Domestic Sewage 175

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