Natural Processes and Systems for Hazardous Waste Treatment

by Alok Bhandari, Rao Surampalli, Say Kee Ong

New chemical compounds are constantly being created to meet specific industrial applications and for human uses. Release of these compounds into the environment is inevitable and their contamination of natural resources, as well as their effect on human health, remain an important global ecological concern. Many compounds degrade in the presence of various natural processes, so there is a need to understand whether new compounds will persist in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0784409390
• ISBN13: 9780784409398
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Length: 286 Pages