本书以介绍环境工程专业知识、培养良好外语能力为出发点，从环境与可持续发展的角度，介绍了给水与废水处理、大气污染与控制、固体废物管理、危险废物管理、噪声污染与控制、辐射污染与控制、环境世界观与可持续性等内容，重点介绍环境工程的基本概念和基本原理。全书以英文编写，每一章节均由课文、工程实例与复习题组成，内容参考多种国外原版教材，为便于使用，书后附有常用环境术语表。
本书图文并茂，内容清晰，适用于我国高等院校给水排水、环境工程专业本科双语和专业英语教学，也可供环境保护爱好者、相关环境研究人员学习参考。

Chapter 1 Ineroduction
1.1 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
1.2 Overview of Environmental Technology
1.2.1 Water Supply
1.2.2 Sewage Disposal and Water Pollution Control
1.2.3 Air Pollution Control
1.2.4 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
1.2.5 Noise and Radiation Pollution Control
1.2.6 Other Environmental Factors
1.3 The Development of Environmental Policy
1.4 Organization of This Text
Review Questions
Chapter 2 water and Wasterwater Treatment
2.1 Drinking Water Quality
2.1.1 Drinking Water Contaminants
2.1.2 Drinking Water Physical Characteristics
2.1.3 Drinking Water Chemical Characteristics
2.1.4 Drinking Water Microbidogical Characteristics
2.1.5 Drinking Water Radiolngical Characteristics
2.1.6 Water Classification
2.2 Water Treatment Systems
2.2.1 Coaguhtion
2.2.2 Mixing and Flocculation
2.2.3 Sedimentation
2.2.4 Filtration
2.2.5 Disinfection
2.2.6 Adsorption
2.2.7 Membranes
2.3 Wastewater Constituents
2.3.1 Physical Characteristics
2.3.2 Chemical Constituents
2.3.3 Biological Chemcteristics
2.4 Physical Unit Operation of Wastewater Treatment
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Chapter 3 Air Pollution and Control
Chapter 4 Solid Waste Management
Chapter 5 Noise Pollution and Control
Chapter 6 Radiation Pollution and Protection
Chapter 7 Environmental Worldviews and Sustainability
Common Vocabularies of Environmental Engineering
References