Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery Fifth Edition Volume 2

The 5th edition of this textbook has been prepared to address the significant changes cited above. Increased understanding of the importance of pre-treatment processes is addressed in Chap. 5. Advances in biological treatment are addressed in Chaps. 7 through 10. New developments in disinfection are considered in Chap. 12. The management of sludge and biosolids is now covered in Chaps. 13 and 14. Return flow treatment is considered in Chap. 15. Energy management is considered in Chap. 17. An emphasis of this fifth edition is to present practical design and operational data, while maintaining a solid theoretical discussion of the technologies and applications. Input from AECOM’s process engineers and outside reviewers was sought to provide the user with a source of real-world practical information, the likes of which is not available in any single source.