Environmental engineering education
chemical process control, 379
freshman chemistry, 379
laboratory courses, 380
mass and energy balances, 379
microbiology, 380
Environmental pollutants, 173
Environmental protection, 448
Environmental Protection Agency, 79
Environmental remediation, 447
Environmental resource management, 447
Environmental risk management, 448
Environmental science, 448
Environmental studies, 448
Environmental technology, 448
Environment impacts
exhaust gas, 357
solid waste, 353, 355
VOC, 356
wastewater sources/quantities, 335–337
wastewater treatment, 338
water/energy consumption, 334, 335
Epilimnion, 276
Equalization basin, 448
Equilibrium temperature, 200, 201, 203, 210
Estrogens, 172
Estuary, 448
EU Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), 37
Eutrophication, 448
Evacuation, 448
Evaporation, 198, 212, 245, 247–249, 449
Evapotranspiration, 249, 250, 449
Excessive heat, 449
Exclusionary methods, 391
Excreta, 449
Exercise, 449
Exoenzymes, 80
Extended aeration activated sludge process, 449
Extended aeration process, 101, 102
F
Factory emissions, 359
Factory wastewaters, 360
Fallow, 44, 449
Farmer
agricultural economy, 36
agricultural industry, 35
agrochemical practices
habitat conservation, 39
land-use practices, 39
managing pesticide drift, 39, 40
pesticide usage, 39
timing of application, 39
annual cropping systems, 36
fallow areas, 37
farm practices, 38
field margins, 38
honey bees, 35
landscapes, 36
noncropped lands, 37, 38
perennial cropping systems, 37
plant selection, 38
rable farmland, 36
wild pollinators, 35
Fat-oil-grease (FOG), 340
F-cell, 68, 449
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA), 446, 449
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), 394
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), 393
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 79
Feedback mechanisms, 449
Fermentation, 449
Fick’s Law, 118
Field margins, 44, 449
Filamentous organism, 449
Filter flies, 116
Filter media, 134
characteristics, 134, 135
Filter washing, 360
Filtration, 450
Fire-resistant material, 450
First responder, 450
Fixed-film aerobic processes, 346
Fixed nozzle distribution system, 113
Flavine adenine dinucleotide (FAD), 82
Floc, 450
Flocculation, 450
Flocculator, 450
Flood, 450
Flood routing, 257
Flotation cell, 68, 450
Flotation clarification, 138, 442
Flotation/filtration cell (FF-cell), 54, 68,
449, 451
Flotation processes, 340
coagulation and flocculation, 343, 344
DAF, 341
electroflotation, 342
IAF, 341
vacuum, 341
Flotation tank, 436
Flotation thickening, 451
Fluidized bed incinerator, 451
Fluidized bed system, 458
Fluorinated gases, 451
Fluorocarbons, 451
502
Index
chemical process control, 379
freshman chemistry, 379
laboratory courses, 380
mass and energy balances, 379
microbiology, 380
Environmental pollutants, 173
Environmental protection, 448
Environmental Protection Agency, 79
Environmental remediation, 447
Environmental resource management, 447
Environmental risk management, 448
Environmental science, 448
Environmental studies, 448
Environmental technology, 448
Environment impacts
exhaust gas, 357
solid waste, 353, 355
VOC, 356
wastewater sources/quantities, 335–337
wastewater treatment, 338
water/energy consumption, 334, 335
Epilimnion, 276
Equalization basin, 448
Equilibrium temperature, 200, 201, 203, 210
Estrogens, 172
Estuary, 448
EU Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), 37
Eutrophication, 448
Evacuation, 448
Evaporation, 198, 212, 245, 247–249, 449
Evapotranspiration, 249, 250, 449
Excessive heat, 449
Exclusionary methods, 391
Excreta, 449
Exercise, 449
Exoenzymes, 80
Extended aeration activated sludge process, 449
Extended aeration process, 101, 102
F
Factory emissions, 359
Factory wastewaters, 360
Fallow, 44, 449
Farmer
agricultural economy, 36
agricultural industry, 35
agrochemical practices
habitat conservation, 39
land-use practices, 39
managing pesticide drift, 39, 40
pesticide usage, 39
timing of application, 39
annual cropping systems, 36
fallow areas, 37
farm practices, 38
field margins, 38
honey bees, 35
landscapes, 36
noncropped lands, 37, 38
perennial cropping systems, 37
plant selection, 38
rable farmland, 36
wild pollinators, 35
Fat-oil-grease (FOG), 340
F-cell, 68, 449
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA), 446, 449
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), 394
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), 393
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 79
Feedback mechanisms, 449
Fermentation, 449
Fick’s Law, 118
Field margins, 44, 449
Filamentous organism, 449
Filter flies, 116
Filter media, 134
characteristics, 134, 135
Filter washing, 360
Filtration, 450
Fire-resistant material, 450
First responder, 450
Fixed-film aerobic processes, 346
Fixed nozzle distribution system, 113
Flavine adenine dinucleotide (FAD), 82
Floc, 450
Flocculation, 450
Flocculator, 450
Flood, 450
Flood routing, 257
Flotation cell, 68, 450
Flotation clarification, 138, 442
Flotation/filtration cell (FF-cell), 54, 68,
449, 451
Flotation processes, 340
coagulation and flocculation, 343, 344
DAF, 341
electroflotation, 342
IAF, 341
vacuum, 341
Flotation tank, 436
Flotation thickening, 451
Fluidized bed incinerator, 451
Fluidized bed system, 458
Fluorinated gases, 451
Fluorocarbons, 451
502
Index