《环境工程专业英语》

MODULE 1Water Treatment1

Unit 1 Basic Concepts Related to Flowing Water and Measurements1

Unit 2 Wastewater Treatment6

Unit 3 Activated Sludge Process11

Unit 4 Membrane Separation15

Unit 5 Membrane Filtration with Reversible Adsorption:Hollow Fiber Membranes as Collectors of Colloidal Particles21

MODULE 2Air Pollution25

Unit 1 Worldwide Air Pollution25

Unit 2 Power From Coal With Responsibility29

Unit 3 Indoor Air Pollution33

Unit 4 Global Warming and Chinese Glacier Melting42

Unit 5 Thinking Rationally About Global Warming47

MODULE 3Municipal Solid Wastes and Hazardous Wastes Management53

Unit 1 Solid Waste Characterization Methods53

Unit 2 Incineration59

Unit 3 Landfills67

Unit 4 Strategy in Landfilling Solid Wastes:Different Solutions in Practice74

MODULE 4Ecology83

Unit 1 Fundamental Principles of Ecology83

Unit 2 Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification88

Unit 3 Biology and Environment Protect91

Unit 4 Biodiversity95

Unit 5 Saving the Finless Porpoise101

MODULE 5Sustainability107

Unit 1 Sustainability107

Unit 2 Sustainable Energy117

Unit 3 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Hydroelectricity122

MODULE 6Environmental Impact Assessment130

Unit 1 Fundamental of Environmental Impact Assessment130

Unit 2 Principles of EIA Administration and Practice134

Unit 3 Key Elements of the EIA Processes138

Unit 4 Typical Elements of An EIA Report141

Unit 5 The Practice of Strategic Environmental Assessment in China146

AppendixTechnical Writing:The Importance of Organizing Information151

References166