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Michael D LaGrega ; Phillip L Buckingham ; Jeffrey C Evans

Hazardous waste management /Michael D LaGrega - New York : McGraw-Hill , ©1994. - xxxii, 1146 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - McGraw-Hill series in water resources and environmental engineering. .

1. Hazardous Waste --
2. The Regulatory Process --
3. Process Fundamentals --
4. Fate and Transport of Contaminants --
5. Toxicology --
6. Environmental Audits --
7. Pollution Prevention --
8. Facility Development and Operations --
9. Physico-Chemical Processes --
10. Biological Methods --
11. Stabilization and Solidification --
12. Thermal Methods --
13. Land Disposal --
14. Quantitative Risk Assessment --
15. Site and Subsurface Characterization --
16. Containment --
17. Remedial Alternatives Analysis --
App. A Contaminant Properties --
App. B Toxicological Data --
App. C Thermodynamic Properties --
App. D Conversion Factors.


Hazardous Waste Management provides a comprehensive overview of a complex, interdisciplinary field. To prepare the graduate who will be entering the rapidly growing field of hazardous waste management, the book demonstrates how science and engineering disciplines work together to identify and correct threats to human health and the environment. The book's comprehensiveness enables the student to select specialized

ISBN: 9780071134545

Publisher. No.: Gifted by-Dr.J.P.Gupta

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social problems

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Hazardous wastes--Management--Hazardous substances--Management

Dewey Class. No.: 363.728 LAG