The past thirty years have witnessed a growing worldwide desire
that po- tive actions be taken to restore and protect the
environment from the degr- ing effects of all forms of
pollution-air, water, soil, and noise. Because pollution is a
direct or indirect consequence of waste, the seemingly idealistic
demand for "zero discharge" can be construed as an unrealistic
demand for zero waste. However, as long as waste continues to
exist, we can only attempt to abate the subsequent pollution by
converting it to a less noxious form. Three major questions usually
arise when a particular type of pollution has been id- tified: (1)
How serious is the pollution? (2) Is the technology to abate it
ava- able? and (3) Do the costs of abatement justify the degree of
abatement achieved? This book is one of the volumes of the Handbook
of Environmental Engineering series. The principal intention of
this series is to help readers f- mulate answers to the last two
questions above. The traditional approach of applying
tried-and-true solutions to specific pollution problems has been a
major contributing factor to the success of en- ronmental
engineering, and has accounted in large measure for the establi-
ment of a "methodology of pollution control. " However, the
realization of the ever-increasing complexity and interrelated
nature of current environmental problems renders it imperative that
intelligent planning of pollution abatement systems be undertaken.
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