Industrial Waste Treatment 2006.pdf

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1、IndustrialWasteTreatment:byNelsonLeonardNemerow·ISBN:0123724937·Publisher:ElsevierScience&TechnologyBooks·Pub.Date:October2006Prelims-K80557.qxd8/21/20067:25PMPageixPrologueIn1963,oneyearafterRachelCarsonpublishedherlastbook,SilentSpring,whichwarnedoftheinterdependenceofindustrialwastepo

2、llutionandhumandevelopment,Ipublishedmyfirsttxtbookonthesubjectofindustrialwastetreatment,TheoriesandPracticesofIndustrialWasteTreatment.Mostofmycurrentreaderswerenotactivelyparticipatinginthisfieldatthattime.Therefore,Ifeelimpelledtorepublish—inmodifiedandsowhatupdatedform—theconsiderab

3、leamountofhistoricaltheoriesandpracticesoftwentieth-centuryindustrialwastetreatment.Itisremarkablehowmuchofthistechnicalinformationhasremainedthesamesincethepublishingofthatoriginalbook,butitisdifficulttolocatabookfromthatlongago.Ifollowedthatbookwithupdatedbooksonthesubject—LiquidWastes

4、ofIndustryin1971,IndustrialWaterPollutionin1978,IndustrialandHazardousWasteTreatmentwithDr.Dasguptain1991,ZeroPollutionin1995,andStrategiesofIndustrialandHazardousWasteManagementwithDr.Agardyin1998.Buttheytoo(exceptforthelasttwo)wouldbehardtolocateinmostlibraries.Infact,manyofthepub-lish

5、ersthemselveshavechangedorgonecompletelyoutofthebusiness.Foranupdatedandexcellentversionofcurrentconventionalindustrialwastetreatmentequipmentandpractices(includingcosts),IurgeyoutoconsultanotherElseviertext,IndustrialWasteTreatmentHandbook.Itwaspreparedbythecollectiveeffortofthefirmooda

6、rdandCurranofPortland,Maine.ManyofthefiguresinthisbookarereplicatedfromtheabovetitleswithpermissionfromJohnWileyandSons.Ihavemadeaspecialeffortinthisbooktoreferencepublicationsthatarestillinprintandavailableforpurchase.InthatwayreadersmayopttoselectworksthatservetheirspecificinterestsIin

7、tendforthisbooktobeanoverviewofthesubjectofindustrialwastetreatmentanddisposalasusedinthetwentiethcenturyandhowitisevolvingintoanewconceptualfieldasweenterthetwenty-firstcentur.Further,Ihaveattemptedtoprovidesomehistori-caldataofpeopleandconceptsofindustrialwastetreatment