环境工程专业英语（第二版）

　　《环境工程专业英语》是根据《大学英语教学大纲》（理工科本科用）专业阅读部分的要求编写的，供理工科大学环境工程或相关专业学生使用，也可供同等英语程度环境工程师或相关领域的科技人员使用。全书共分为九个部分（Part）共37个单元。每个单元由一篇课文和一篇阅读材料组成，共计74篇。课文和阅读材料均选自原版英文教科书、科技报告、著作、专业期刊、国际会议论文集等。其中第一部分介绍环境工程概述和历史；第二部分介绍空气污染及其防治；第三部分介绍水污染的来源和种类、各种污水处理技术、处理单元设备等；第四部分为固体废物及处理方法；第五部分介绍其他污染及控制技术；第六部分为环境影响及其评价；第七部分介绍环境监控、分析及采样程序；第八部分介绍环境政策与管理策略；第九部分作为拓展，介绍环境与可持续发展、清洁生产工艺及其绿色化学过程。每篇课文均配有与课文相对应的练习，主要以主观练习题为主，包括阅读与词汇练习，英译汉与汉译英，用英语回答问题及写出课文或某一段落的summary等。为便于学生自学，本书每课配有单词和词组表，并对课文的难点作必要的注释，全书最后附有总词汇表。

　　钟理华南理工大学化工与能源学院教授。主要从事化学工艺及水处理研究。

part 1 introduction to environmental engineering1
unit 1 text: environmental engineering1
reading material: studying the environment4
unit 2 text: historical overview of hazardous substance disposal in the usa8
reading material: the city environment11
unit 3 text: what is waste reduction/waste minimization?14
reading material: waste minimization in the chemical
industry--a case study19
unit 4 text: environmental analysis25
reading material: analytical technique and methodology28
part 2 air pollution & control32
unit 5 text: type and sources of air pollutants［i］32
reading material: type and sources of air pollutants［ii］34
unit 6 text: effects on climate and ecological environment［i］37
reading material: effects on climate and ecological environment［ii］41
unit 7 text: conventional technology of air pollution control44
reading material: gas and vapor control technology48
unit 8 text: new technologies of air pollution control［i］50
reading material: new technologies of air pollution control［ii］54
unit 9 text: effects of air pollution57
reading material: control of air pollution by oxidation60
part 3 water pollution and wastewater treatment63
unit 10 text: water pollution and pollutants63
reading material: wastewater66
unit 11 text: pollution of inland waters and oceans69
reading material: water supply73
unit 12 text: water purification78
reading material: principles of wastewater treatment81
unit 13 text: water treatment processes85
reading material: uswastewater treatment--past and present89
unit 14 text: biological wastewater treatment ［i］91
reading material: biological wastewater treatment［ii］95
unit 15 text: ion exchange99
reading material: precipitation104
unit 16 text: oxidation of wastewater［i］108
reading material: oxidation of wastewater ［ii］111
unit 17 text: unit operations of pretreatment116
reading material: unit processes of secondary treatment120
part 4 solid wastes and disposal123
unit 18 text: sources and types of solid wastes123
reading material: quantities of wastes127
unit 19 text: everybody’s problems--hazardous waste130
reading material: hazardous waste defined and the national program
to control hazardous wastes134
unit 20 text: methods of waste disposal137
reading material: incineration of hazardous waste in the usa140
unit 21 text: disposal of solid wastes144
reading material: materials and energy recovery148
part 5 other pollution and control technologies152
unit 22 text: sound and noise152
reading material: tone and the decibel scale154
unit 23 text: noise control［i］156
reading material: noise control［ii］157
unit 24 text: energy consumption and pollution162
reading material: use of solar energy164
unit 25 text: thermal pollution166
reading material: how to put waste heat to good use167
part 6 environmental impact assessment169
unit 26 text: summary of eia169
reading material: introduction to methods for
environmental impact assessment172
unit 27 text: impact of wastewater effluents on water quality of river177
reading material: the aims and objectives of environmental
impact assessment179
unit 28 text: environmental impact assessment of air quality185
reading material: identification and prediction of air quality
changes187
part 7 environmental monitoring190
unit 29 text: monitoring air quality in mountains--designing190
reading material: design environmental databases for statistical
analysis194
unit 30 text: combining accuracy assessment of land-cover maps with
environmental monitoring programs［i］199
reading material: combining accuracy assessment of land-cover
maps with environmental monitoring programs［iii］204
unit 31 text: sampling sediment and soil209
reading material: emap overview-objectives, approaches,
and achievements213
part 8 environmental policy and management218
unit 32 text: a new politics for a new era--a political agenda for
the 1990s218
reading material: hazardous waste management224
unit 33 text: pollution control strategies［i］228
reading material: pollution control strategies［ii］230
unit 34 text: solid waste management overview235
reading material: management of nuclear wastes239
part 9 environmental sustainable development243
unit 35 text: clean technologies through microbial processes for economic
benefits and sustainability［i］243
reading material: clean technologies through microbial processes
for economic benefits and sustainability［ii］247
unit 36 text: introduction to green chemical syntheses and processes251
reading material: water as solvent for organic and material
synthesis255
unit 37 text: wastewater treatment, greenhouse gas mitigation and
hydrogen production using microalgae［i］259
reading material: wastewater treatment, greenhouse gas mitigation
and hydrogen production using microalgae［ii］263
glossary268