Screen LibraryA basic introduction to pollutant fate and transport an integrated approach with chemistry, modeling, risk assessment, and environmental legislation /
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0471758132 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxii, 480 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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0471758124 9780471758129 0471651281 9780471651284 9780471758136 0471758132 |
| Index Number: | TD174 |
| CLC: | X5 |
| Contents: | COVER CONTENTS PREFACE To the Instructor To the Student To the Environmental Professional How to Use the Book with FateΠand Associated Software Acknowledgments SYMBOLS GLOSSARY PART I INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 SOURCES AND TYPES OF POLLUTANT, WHY WE NEED MODELING, AND HISTORICAL CONTAMINATION EVENTS 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The Need for Modeling of Pollutants in Environmental Media 1.3 Pollution Versus Contamination; Pollutant Versus Contaminant 1.4 Pollution Classifications 1.5 Sources of Pollution 1.6 Historic Examples of Where Fate and Transport Modeling are Useful 1.7 Environmental Laws References PART II CHEMISTRY OF FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING CHAPTER 2 BASIC CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN POLLUTANT FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING 2.1 The Liquid Medium: Water and the Water Cycle 2.2 Unique Properties of Water 2.3 Concentration Units 2.4 Chemical Aspects of Environmental Systems 2.5 Reactions and Equilibrium 2.6 Complexation 2.7 Equilibrium Sorption Phenomena 2.8 Transformation/Degradation Reactions 2.9 Summary References CHAPTER 3 QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF CHEMISTRY TOWARD MODELING 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Calculation of the Free Metal Ion Concentration in Natural Waters 3.3 Methods for Determining K(d) and K(p) 3.4 Kinetics of the Sorption Process 3.5 Sorption Isotherms 3.6 Kinetics of Transformation Reactions 3.7 Putting It All Together: Where Chemistry Enters into the Modeling Effort References PART III MODELING CHAPTER 4 AN OVERVIEW OF POLLUTANT FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING 4.1 Modeling Approaches 4.2 The Quality of Modeling Results 4.3 What Do You Do with Your Modeling Results? References CHAPTER 5 FATE AND TRANSPORT CONCEPTS FOR LAKE SYSTEMS Case Study: Lake Onondaga 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Types of lakes and lake-forming events 5.3 Input Sources 5.4 Stratification of Lake Systems 5.5 Important Factors in the Modeling of Lakes: Conceptual Model Development 5.6 Two Basic Mathematical Models for Lakes 5.7 Sensitivity Analysis 5.8 Limitations of Our Models 5.9 Remediation References CHAPTER 6 FATE AND TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANTS IN RIVERS AND STREAMS Case Study: The Rhine River 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Examples of Rivers and Volumetric Flows of Water 6.3 Input Sources 6.4 Important Factors in the Modeling of Streams: Conceptualization of Terms 6.5 Mathematical Development of Simple Transport Models 6.6 Sensitivity Analysis 6.7 Limitations of Our Models 6.8 Remediation of Polluted Streams Systems References CHAPTER 7 DISSOLVED OXYGEN SAG CURVES IN STREAMS: THE STREETER PHELPS EQUATION Case Study: Any Stream, Anywhere in the World 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Basic Input Sources (Wastewater Flow Rates and BOD Levels) 7.3 Mathematical Development of Model 7.4 Sensitivity Analysis 7.5 Limitations of Our Model 7.6 Remediation References CHAPTER 8 FATE AND TRANSPORT CONCEPTS FOR GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS Case Study: The Test Area North Deep Well Injection Site at the Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Laboratory (INEEL) 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Input Sources 8.3 Monitoring Wells 8.4 Chemistry Experiments Used to Support Modeling Efforts 8.5 Direction of Water Flow (the Three-Point Problem) 8.6 Physical Parameters Important in Pollutant Fate and Transport 8.7 Mathematical Models 8.8 Sensitivity Analysis 8.9 Limitations of Our Models 8.10 Remediation References CHAPTER 9 FATE AND TRANSPORT CONCEPTS IN ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEMS Case Study: The Accident at Union Carbide Bhopal 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Input Sources 9.3 Important Factors in the Modeling of Atmospheric Pollution: Conceptual Model Development 9.4 Mathematical Development of Model 9.5 Sensitivity Analysis 9.6 Limitations of our model 9.7 Remediation References PART IV RISK ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 10 RISK AND THE CALCULATION OF HEALTH RISK FROM EXPOSURE TO POLLUTANTS 10.1 The Concept of Risk 10.2 Dose Rates from Various Sources 10.3 Health Risk Cal. |