Overview

Hazardous Wastes: Assessment and Remediation provides a fundamental and comprehensive approach to all aspects of hazardous waste problems. The first section, Assessment, focuses on the chemistry and properties of hazardous chemicals, their partitioning, volatilization, and abiotic and biotic degradation, and human health effects and quantitative risk assessment. In the second section, Remediation, five chapters are devoted to currently used remediation processes based on partitioning, volatilization, abiotic treatment, and biotic treatment, and residuals mitigation. The second edition of Hazardous Wastes focuses on adding new information that has been developed since the first edition was published, updating tabular data, and adding expanded chapters on treatment. The salient topic relative to new information is the chemistry of emerging contaminants, including perfluorinated compounds, 1,4-dioxane, methyl tert-butyl ether, and personal care products. Up-to-date data for Threshold Limit Value, Reference Dose, Slope Factor, Reference Concentration, and Inhalation Unit Risk are added. Included in the new remediation chapters are numerous design problems, incorporating economic analyses and the selection of different design alternatives. The solutions manual has also been updated with solutions to approximately 200 new end-of-chapter problems.

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Author:   Richard J. Watts (Washington State University) ,  Amy L. Teel (Washington State University) ,  Courtney M. Gardner (Washington State University)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 22.60cm , Height: 4.80cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.792kg
ISBN:  

9781119634065

ISBN 10:   1119634067
Pages:   720
Publication Date:   20 June 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Acronyms and Abbreviations xxi About the Companion Website xxv 1 Introduction 1 Part I Assessment 35 2 Common Hazardous Wastes: Nomenclature, Industrial Uses, Disposal Histories 39 3 Common Hazardous Wastes: Properties and Classification 121 4 Source Analysis 161 5 Partitioning, Sorption, and Exchange at Surfaces 191 6 Volatilization 223 7 Abiotic and Biotic Transformations: Parallel Pathways 241 8 Contaminant Release and Transport from the Source 289 9 Concepts of Hazardous Waste Toxicology 317 10 Quantitative Toxicology 346 11 Hazardous Waste Risk Assessment 366 Part II Remediation and Treatment 385 12 Approaches to Hazardous Waste Minimization, Remediation, Treatment, and Disposal 387 13 Design of Sorption- and Partitioning-Based Treatment Processes 420 14 Design of Volatilization-Based Treatment Processes 472 15 Design of Abiotic Transformation-Based Treatment Processes 493 16 Design of Biotic Transformation-Based Treatment Processes 530 17 Mitigation of Residuals 570 Appendix References 668 Index 675

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Richard J. Watts, PhD, is the Boeing Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Washington State University. He has published approximately 120 refereed papers related to hazardous wastes in various academic publications. Amy L. Teel, PhD, is a Research Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Washington State University. She has 25 years of research experience in hazardous waste remediation. Courtney M. Gardner, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Washington State University. Her research is focused on characterizing and applying the mechanisms driving microbial resilience to improve the efficiency of wastewater treatment and bioremediation.

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