Nitrate, coliforms, and Cryptosporidium spp. as indicators of stream water quality in western Pennsylvania.The following books contain in-depth chapters on wastewater treatment and water quality: Environmental Engineering (Fifth Edition) Edited by Joseph A. Salvato, Nelson L. Nemerow, and Franklin J. Agardy (2003) Upholding the reputation of its predecessors as the most trusted single-source handbook on the subject, this new edition of Environmental Engineering provides up-to-date, practical guidance on a full range of environmental issues, while delivering the critical material on the sanitation management and engineering methods used by today's leaders in the field. Environmental Engineering addresses the elements of environmental control in urban, suburban, and rural settings--including general design, construction, maintenance, and operation details related to plants and structures. It provides new material on topics such as * soil and groundwater remediation, * radiation exposure and safety, * environmental emergencies and preparedness, * hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. remediation, * incineration incineration the act of burning to ashes. , * transport of pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. , * communicable communicable /com·mu·ni·ca·ble/ (kah-mu´ni-kah-b'l) capable of being transmitted from one person to another. com·mu·ni·ca·ble adj. Transmittable between persons or species; contagious. and noninfectious diseases, * food protection, * noise control, * water filtration system technology, and * solid waste management. Environmental Engineering is an essential reference for environmental and civil engineers, environmental consultants and scientists, and regulatory and safety professionals in the public and private sectors, and it is a study reference for NEHAs R.E.H.S./R.S., C.F.S.P, and C.E.H.T. exams. 1,544 pages, hardcover. Member: $214.95. Nonmember: $239.95. Catalog #58. Handbook of Environmental Health. Volume II: Pollutant Interactions in Air, Water, and Soil--Fourth Edition Herman Koren and Michael S. Bisesi (2003) Focusing on factors that are generally associated with the outdoor environment, this volume discusses a variety of environmental issues such as toxic air pollutants and air quality control; risk assessment; solid and hazardous waste problems and controls; safe-drinking-water problems and standards; onsite and public sewage problems and control; plumbing hazards; air, water, and solid waste programs; technology transfer; geographic information systems geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to and mapping; bioterrorism and security; disaster emergency health programs; ocean dumping; and more. This volume is a study reference for NEHA's R.E.H.S./R.S. exam. 876 pages, hardcover. Member: $139.95. Nonmember: $163.25. Catalog #215B. For information focused on Cryptosporidium cryptosporidium (krĭp'tōspərĭd`ēəm), genus of protozoans having at least four species; they are waterborne parasites that cause the disease cryptosporidiosis. , check out the following book: Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis Cryptosporidiosis Definition Cryptosporidiosis refers to infection by the sporeforming protozoan known as Cryptosporidia. Protozoa are a group of parasites that infect the human intestine, and include the better known Giardia. Ronald Fayer (1997) Recognition of cryptosporidiosis and the organisms associated with it has evolved. What started as isolated observations of infections in animals grew to an examination of occasional pathogens in immunocompromised immunocompromised /im·mu·no·com·pro·mised/ (-kom´pro-mizd) having the immune response attenuated by administration of immunosuppressive drugs, by irradiation, by malnutrition, or by certain disease processes (e.g., cancer). animals and humans, and then to the study of ubiquitous worldwide infections. The literature and diversity of subject matter associated with this disease have grown enormously. Since the publication in 1990 of Ronald Fayer's first book, Cryptosporidiosis of Man and Animals, over 1,000 new scientific articles have been published, making it difficult for experts and others interested in this area to keep current. The first chapter of Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis summarizes much of the data on taxonomy, life cycles, morphology, host species, and control methods from the earlier book. The nine subsequent chapters reflect subject areas that have been emphasized in the scientific literature and that have been of greatest concern to the public health, medical, veterinary, and research communities: namely, diagnosis, epidemiology, waterborne events, prevention and treatment, immunity, biochemistry, cultivation, laboratory animal models, and molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller . This book serves as a guide for research biologists, public health workers, physicians, veterinarians Veterinarians and veterinary surgeons (vets) are medical professionals who operate exclusively on animals. Well-known and notable veterinarians include:
supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. , and recreational water. 288 pages, hardcover. Member: $102.80. Nonmember: $120.00. Catalog #678. |
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