processing and resource recovery, physicochemical treatment processes, biological
treatment processes, biotechnology, biosolids management, flotation technology,
membrane technology, desalination technology, water resources, natural control
processes, radioactive waste disposal, hazardous waste management, and thermal
pollution control; and (2) to employ a multimedia approach to environmental
conservation and protection since air, water, soil, and energy are all interrelated.
This book (Volume 20, Integrated Natural Resources Management) and its two
current sister books (Volume 17, Natural Resources and Control Processes and
Volume 19, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering) of the Handbook
of Environmental Engineering series have been designed to serve as natural
resources engineering reference books as well as supplemental textbooks. We
hope and expect they will prove of equal high value to advanced undergraduate
and graduate students, to designers of natural resources systems, and to scientists and
researchers. The editors welcome comments from readers in all of these categories. It
is our hope that the three natural resources engineering books will not only provide
information on natural resources engineering, but also serve as a basis for advanced
study or specialized investigation of the theory and analysis of various natural
resources systems. The third sister book, Integrated Natural Resources Research,
is now in the planning stage.
This book Integrated Natural Resources Management (Volume 20) covers the
topics on the effect of global warming and climate change on glaciers and salmons;
village-driven latrines with “engineers without borders – USA”; analysis for surface
water quality management; treatment of electrical and electronic components
manufacturing wastes; water quality control of tidal rivers and estuaries; geographic
information systems and remote sensing applications in environmental and resources
engineering; investigation and management of water losses from wet infrastructure;
lake restoration and acidic water control; biohydrogen production through mixed
culture dark anaerobic fermentation of industrial waste; agricultural wastes–derived
adsorbents for decontamination of heavy metals; removal of heavy metal ions using
magnetic materials; and biohydrogen production from lignocellulosic biomass by
extremely halotolerant bacterial communities from a salt pan and salt-damaged soil.
This book’s first sister book, Natural Resources and Control Processes (Volume
17), covers the topics on the management of agricultural livestock wastes for water
resources protection; application of natural processes for environmental protection;
proper deep-well waste disposal, treating and managing industrial dye wastes; health
effects and control of toxic lead in the environment; municipal and industrial
wastewater treatment using plastic trickling filters for BOD and nutrient removal;
chloride removal for recycling fly ash from municipal solid waste incinerator; recent
evaluation of early radioactive disposal and management practice; recent trends in
the evaluation of cementitious material in radioactive waste disposal; extensive
monitoring system of sediment transport for reservoir sediment management; and
land and energy resources engineering glossary.
This book’s second sister book, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering (Volume 19), covers the topics on understanding, conservation, and protection of
precious natural resources – bees; waste reclamation for reuse, biological processes
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treatment processes, biotechnology, biosolids management, flotation technology,
membrane technology, desalination technology, water resources, natural control
processes, radioactive waste disposal, hazardous waste management, and thermal
pollution control; and (2) to employ a multimedia approach to environmental
conservation and protection since air, water, soil, and energy are all interrelated.
This book (Volume 20, Integrated Natural Resources Management) and its two
current sister books (Volume 17, Natural Resources and Control Processes and
Volume 19, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering) of the Handbook
of Environmental Engineering series have been designed to serve as natural
resources engineering reference books as well as supplemental textbooks. We
hope and expect they will prove of equal high value to advanced undergraduate
and graduate students, to designers of natural resources systems, and to scientists and
researchers. The editors welcome comments from readers in all of these categories. It
is our hope that the three natural resources engineering books will not only provide
information on natural resources engineering, but also serve as a basis for advanced
study or specialized investigation of the theory and analysis of various natural
resources systems. The third sister book, Integrated Natural Resources Research,
is now in the planning stage.
This book Integrated Natural Resources Management (Volume 20) covers the
topics on the effect of global warming and climate change on glaciers and salmons;
village-driven latrines with “engineers without borders – USA”; analysis for surface
water quality management; treatment of electrical and electronic components
manufacturing wastes; water quality control of tidal rivers and estuaries; geographic
information systems and remote sensing applications in environmental and resources
engineering; investigation and management of water losses from wet infrastructure;
lake restoration and acidic water control; biohydrogen production through mixed
culture dark anaerobic fermentation of industrial waste; agricultural wastes–derived
adsorbents for decontamination of heavy metals; removal of heavy metal ions using
magnetic materials; and biohydrogen production from lignocellulosic biomass by
extremely halotolerant bacterial communities from a salt pan and salt-damaged soil.
This book’s first sister book, Natural Resources and Control Processes (Volume
17), covers the topics on the management of agricultural livestock wastes for water
resources protection; application of natural processes for environmental protection;
proper deep-well waste disposal, treating and managing industrial dye wastes; health
effects and control of toxic lead in the environment; municipal and industrial
wastewater treatment using plastic trickling filters for BOD and nutrient removal;
chloride removal for recycling fly ash from municipal solid waste incinerator; recent
evaluation of early radioactive disposal and management practice; recent trends in
the evaluation of cementitious material in radioactive waste disposal; extensive
monitoring system of sediment transport for reservoir sediment management; and
land and energy resources engineering glossary.
This book’s second sister book, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering (Volume 19), covers the topics on understanding, conservation, and protection of
precious natural resources – bees; waste reclamation for reuse, biological processes
Preface
xi