《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**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**;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*后附有总词汇表。

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Unit 1 Text: Environmental Engineering
Reading Material: Studying the Environment
Unit 2 Text: Historical Overview of Hazardous Substance Disposal in the USA
Reading Material: The City Environment
Unit 3 Text: What is Waste Reduction/Waste Minimization?
Reading Material: Waste Minimization in the Chemical
Industry--A Case Study
Unit 4 Text: Environmental Analysis
Reading Material: Analytical Technique and Methodology
PART 2 AIR POLLUTION & CONTROL
Unit 5 Text: Type and Sources of Air Pollutants[I]
Reading Material: Type and Sources of Air Pollutants[II]
Unit 6 Text: Effects on Climate and Ecological Environment[I]
Reading Material: Effects on Climate and Ecological Environment[II]
Unit 7 Text: Conventional Technology of Air pollution Control
Reading Material: Gas and Vapor Control Technology
Unit 8 Text: New Technologies of Air Pollution Control[I]
Reading Material: New Technologies of Air Pollution Control[II]
Unit 9 Text: Effects of Air Pollution
Reading material: Control of Air Pollution by Oxidation
PART 3 WATER POLLUTION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Unit 10 Text: Water Pollution and Pollutants
Reading Material: Wastewater
Unit 11 Text: Pollution of Inland Waters and Oceans
Reading Material: Water Supply
Unit 12 Text: Water Purification
Reading Material: Principles of Wastewater Treatment
Unit 13 Text: Water Treatment Processes
Reading Material: USWastewater Treatment--Past and Present
Unit 14 Text: Biological Wastewater Treatment [I]
Reading material: Biological Wastewater Treatment[II]
Unit 15 Text: Ion Exchange
Reading Material: Precipitation
Unit 16 Text: Oxidation of Wastewater[I]
Reading Material: Oxidation of Wastewater [II]
Unit 17 Text: Unit Operations of Pretreatment
Reading Material: Unit Processes of Secondary Treatment
PART 4 SOLID WASTES AND DISPOSAL
Unit 18 Text: Sources and Types of Solid Wastes
Reading Material: Quantities of Wastes
Unit 19 Text: Everybody’s Problems--Hazardous Waste
Reading Material: Hazardous Waste Defined and the National Program
to Control Hazardous Wastes
Unit 20 Text: Methods of Waste Disposal
Reading Material: Incineration of Hazardous Waste in the USA
Unit 21 Text: Disposal of Solid Wastes
Reading Material: Materials and Energy Recovery
PART 5 OTHER POLLUTION AND CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES
Unit 22 Text: Sound and Noise
Reading Material: Tone and the Decibel Scale
Unit 23 Text: Noise Control[I]
Reading Material: Noise Control[II]
Unit 24 Text: Energy Consumption and Pollution
Reading Material: Use of Solar Energy
Unit 25 Text: Thermal Pollution
Reading Material: How to Put Waste Heat to Good Use
PART 6 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Unit 26 Text: Summary of EIA
Reading material: Introduction to Methods for
Environmental Impact Assessment
Unit 27 Text: Impact of Wastewater Effluents on Water Quality of River
Reading Material: The Aims and Objectives of Environmental
Impact Assessment
Unit 28 Text: Environmental Impact Assessment of Air Quality
Reading Material: Identification and Prediction of Air Quality
Changes
PART 7 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Unit 29 Text: Monitoring Air Quality in Mountains--Designing
Reading Material: Design Environmental Databases for Statistical
Analysis
Unit 30 Text: Combining Accuracy Assessment of Land-Cover Maps with
Environmental Monitoring Programs[I]
Reading Material: Combining Accuracy Assessment of Land-Cover
Maps with Environmental Monitoring Programs[III]
Unit 31 Text: Sampling Sediment and Soil209
Reading Material: EMAP Overview-Objectives, Approaches,
and Achievements
PART 8 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
Unit 32 Text: A New Politics for a New Era--A Political Agenda for
the 1990s
Reading Material: Hazardous Waste Management
Unit 33 Text: Pollution Control Strategies[I]
Reading Material: Pollution Control Strategies[II]
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]
Reading Material: Clean Technologies through Microbial Processes
for Economic Benefits and Sustainability[II]
Unit 36 Text: Introduction to Green Chemical Syntheses and Processes251
Reading Material: Water as Solvent for Organic and Material
Synthesis
Unit 37 Text: Wastewater Treatment, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and
Hydrogen Production Using Microalgae[I]
Reading Material: Wastewater Treatment, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
and Hydrogen Production Using Microalgae[II]
GLOSSARY