This book, in which the design and operation of wastewater treatment systems are considered from a microbiological perspective, is based on the author's considerable experience as a teacher of courses in wastewater engineering. It covers a range of topics, starting with the fundamentals of microbiology, including bacterial metabolism, and moving through bacterial growth and chemical engineering aspects, to a detailed discussion of the operation of wastewater treatment plants, with an indication of the modifications that might be introduced. Particular emphasis is placed on the activated-sludge process, and each chapter includes worked examples. The text will be of use to first degree civil engineering students following a course in public health engineering, graduate students and public health engineers, first degree students of biotechnology, applied biology and microbiology.
- ISBN10 0471922587
- ISBN13 9780471922582
- Publish Date 29 November 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 December 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 328
- Language English