This text offers a practical introduction to a wide range of environmental topics, focusing primarily on water and wastewater, solid and hazardous waste, and air and noise pollution control. It emphasizes fundamental concepts and basic applications so that students with little or no experience in biology, chemistry, geology, and hydraulics can comprehend this book. "Key features: " clear, easy-to-read style presentation of mathematical topics at a relatively basic level hundreds of example problems, diagrams, and photographs numerous chapter review questions and practice problems utilizes both SO metric and U.S. customary units new appendix containing a basic math review