2nd Edition

Fundamentals of Wastewater Treatment and Engineering

By Rumana Riffat, Taqsim Husnain Copyright 2022
430 Pages 141 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

430 Pages 141 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

430 Pages 141 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The 2 nd edition of Fundamentals of Wastewater Treatment and Design introduces readers to the fundamental concepts of wastewater treatment, followed by engineering design of unit processes for sustainable treatment of municipal wastewater and resource recovery. It has been completely updated with new chapters to reflect current advances in design, resource recovery practices and research.... Read more

1 Sustainable wastewater treatment and engineering

2 Reaction kinetics and chemical reactors

3 Wastewater microbiology

4 Natural purification processes

5 Wastewater treatment fundamentals

6 Preliminary treatment

7 Primary treatment

8 Secondary treatment – suspended growth process

9 Secondary treatment – Attached growth and combined Processes

10 Secondary clarification and disinfection

11 Anaerobic wastewater treatment

12 Solids processing and disposal

13 Advanced treatment processes

14 Resource recovery and sustainability

15 Design examples

Biography

Dr. Rumana Riffat is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Her research interests include wastewater treatment, specifically nutrient removaland anaerobic treatment of wastewater and biosolids.

Dr. Taqsim Husnain is Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO. His research interests include sustainable water and wastewater treatment with advanced membrane separation processes and resource recovery from wastewater.