The third edition of Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment—winner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Association—explains the fundamental principles of mass transport, chemical partitioning, and chemical/biological transformations in surface waters, in soil and groundwater, and in air. Each of these three major environmental media is intr…
The structure of the first edition has been retained, plus much of the material from the second edition, but variations and additions have been made to specific sections. In part 1 (Principles and Procedures), the importance of an adaptive EIA is addressed further. In the EU context, the implementation of the amended EIA Directive is discussed more fully, including the divergent practice across…
Proceedings contains material Opening session; Energy and electricity supply and demand: implications for the global environment; Energy sources and technologies for electricity generation; Comparative environmental and health effects of different energy systems for electricity generation; Incorporation of environmental and health impacts into policy, planning and decision making for the electr…
Clean air act, solid waste disposal act, pollution prevention act of 1990, toxic subtances control act, noise control act of 1972, safe drinking water act, comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act of 1980 (superfund), superfund amandements and deguthorization act of 1986 (SARA)