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Air and Noise Pollution Control - Volume 1 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979)
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Air and Noise Pollution Control - Volume 1 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979)
Series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering, 1
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The past few years have seen the emergence of a growing, widespread
desire in this country, and indeed everywhere, that positive
actions be taken to restore the quality of our environment, and to
protect it from the degrading effects of all forms of
pollution-air, noise, solid waste, and water. Since pollution is a
direct or" indirect consequence of waste, if there is no waste,
there can be no pollution, and the seemingly idealistic demand for"
zero discharge" can be construed as a demand for zero waste.
However, as long as there is waste, we can only attempt to abate
the consequent pollution by converting it to a less noxious form.
In those instances in which a particular type of pollution has been
recognized, three major questions usually arise: 1, How serious is
the pollution? 2, Is the technology to abate it available? and 3,
Do the costs of abatement justify the degree of abatement achieved?
The principal intention of this series of books is to help the
reader to formulate answers to the last two of the above three
questions. The traditional approach of applying tried-and-true
solutions to specific pollution problems has been a major factor
contributing to the success of environmental engineering, and in
large measure has accounted for the establishing of a "methodology
of pollution control.
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