Hazardous waste management /
Michael D. LaGrega, Phillip L. Buckingham and Jeffrey C. Evans.
- New York : McGraw Hill Education, c1994
- xxxii, 1146 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1 Fundamentals: hazardous waste; the regulatory process; process fundamentals; fate and transport; toxicology. Part 2 Current management practices: environmental audits; pollution prevention; facility development and operations. Part 3 Treatment methods: physico-chemical processes; biological methods; stabilization and solidification; thermal methods; land disposal. Part 4 Site remediation: quantitative risk assessment; site characterization; containment; remedial alternative analysis.
This text provides an overview of a complex interdisciplinary field, drawing from a variety of engineering and science disciplines. It is divided into four major parts: fundamentals, current management practices, treatment and disposal methods, and site remediation.