本书共有5部分内容：概述、给水与废水收集系统、水处理、废水处理和环境管理。每部分为4个单元，每单元一篇课文，两篇阅读材料，并附有难点注释、词汇表和练习题。附录包括词汇汇总表、课文译文和科技英语语法特点等。本书既注重学生专业英语学习，又考虑拓宽相关专业知识面，能使读者在较短时期内掌握给水排水工程与环境工程专业常用词汇。本书特点之一是语言的文体广泛，难易程度循序渐进；特点之二是兼顾专业性与学术性；特点之三是突出对阅读和翻译能力的培养。
本书可以作为给水排水工程与环境工程专业英语教材，亦可作为与之相关专业的工作者、教师和工程技术人员自学专业英语的读本。
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前言
Part One Introduction
Unit 1 Introduction of Water Supply
Reading Material A Environmental/Sanitary Engineering
Reading Material B Hydrological Cycle
Unit 2 Water Sources
Reading Material A Surface Water
Reading Material B Groundwater Recharge
Unit 3 The Property of Water
Reading Material A Analytical Methods of Water Quality
Reading Material B Water -- Universal Solvent
Unit 4 Laws Pertaining to Water and Environment
Reading Material A New Horizons in Federal Regulation
Reading Material B A Conceptual Approach versus the SWTR
Part Two Water-supply and Collection Systems
Unit 5 Water-supply System
Reading Material A Distribution Systems
Reading Material B Distribution Reservoirs and Service Storage
Unit 6 Pumps
Reading Material A Grinder Pump Sewer System
Reading Material B Open Channel Flow
Unit 7 Plumbing
Reading Material A Drainage, Sewerage and Sewage
Reading Material B Treatment Plant Design
Unit 8 Wastewater Collection and Sewer Design
Reading Material A Storm Drainage System
Reading Material B Sanitary Sewer System
Part Three Water Treatment
Unit 9 Water Treatment Processes
Reading Material A Ion Exchange for Nitrate Removal
Reading Material B Removal of Geosmin and Methylisoborneol from Drinking Water by Adsorption on Uhrastable Zeolite-Y
Unit 10 Sedimentation
Reading Material A Coagulation and Flocculation
Reading Material B Colloidal Dispersions
Unit 11 Filtration
Reading Material A Filter Components
Reading Material B Polishing Filtration with Ceramic Membranes
Unit 12 Disinfection of Drinking Water
Reading Material A Solar Collectors for Disinfection of Contaminated Water
Reading Material B Aeration
Part Four Wastewater Treatment
Unit 13 Wastewater Treatment Methods
Reading Material A Terminology in Wastewater Treatment
Reading Material B Grit Chambers in Wastewater Treatment
Unit 14 Activated Sludge Processes
Reading Material A Sludge Treatment and Disposal
Reading Material B Sequencing Batch Reactor Process
Unit 15 Carbon Adsorption
Reading Material A Trickling Filters
Reading Material B Anaerobic Biological Treatment
Unit 16 Wastewater Reuse
Reading Material A Nutrient Removal
Reading Material B Reverse Osmosis
Part Five Environmental Management
Unit 17 Air Pollution & Control Technology
Reading Material A Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Change
Reading Material B Acid Deposition
Unit 18 Solid Wastes and Disposal
Reading Material A Resource Conservation and Recovery for Sustainability
Reading Material B Production, Collection, and Use of Digester Gas
Unit 19 Noise Control
Reading Material A Bioremediation Technology
Reading Material B Thermal Pollution
Unit 20 Analytical Technique and Methodology
Reading Material A Environmental Impact Assessment
Reading Material B Risk Assessment
Appendix I Glossary
Appendix II Translation for Reference
Appendix III Key Points of Grammar on Scientific and Technological English
Appendix IV Environmental Engineering Resources in Internet
References