由朱满才和王学玲主编的《建筑类专业英语：给水排水与环境保护(第1册)》是高等学校试用教材。教材重视语言技能训练，突出对阅读、翻译和写作能力的培养，以求达到《大学英语专业阅读阶段教学基本要求》所提出的教学目标：“通过指导学生阅读有关专业的英语书刊和文献，使他们进一步提高阅读和翻译科技资料的能力，并能以英语为工具获取专业所需的信息。”

教材共分16个单元，内容包括给水历史、水的净化、环境工程、水与大气污染及水力学等方面。

本教材不仅适用于在校学生，对于有志提高专业英语阅读能力的建筑行业广大在职工程技术人员，也是一本适用的自学教材。

由朱满才和王学玲主编的《建筑类专业英语：给水排水与环境保护(第1册)》是按国家教委颁布的《大学英语专业阅读阶段教学基本要求》规定编写的专业英语教材。《建筑类专业英语：给水排水与环境保护(第1册)》包括给水历史、水的净化、环境工程、水与大气污染及水力学等方面内容。全书分16个单元，每单元除正课文外，还有两篇阅读材料，均配有必要的注释。正课文还配有词汇表和练习，书后附有总词汇表、参考译文和练习答案。供高等学校本专业学生三年级上学期使用，也可供有关人员自学。

UNIT ONE

 Text History of Water Supply

 Reading Material A Major Water Pollutants (Ⅰ)

 Reading Material B Major Water Pollutants (Ⅱ)

UNIT TWO

 Text Water

 Reading Material A Importance of Water

 Reading Material B The Nature of Water

UNIT THREE

 Text Water Problems

 Reading Material A The Hydrologic Cycle

 Reading Material B The Hydrologic Cycle and Water Quality

UNIT FOUR

 Text The Purification of Water

 Reading Material A Softening of Water

 Reading Material B Softening of Water

UNIT FIVE

 Text Basic Factors in Water Analysis

 Reading Material A Water Testing

 Reading Material B The General Physical-chemical Principle of Water

UNIT SIX

 Text Water-supply Engineering

 Reading Material A Drainage, Sewerage and Sewage

 Reading Material B Water Supply

UNIT SEVEN

 Text Plumbing——Background and Status

 Reading Material A Basic Principles of Plumbing

 Reading Material B Sources of Water

UNIT EIGHT

 Text Microbes as Chemical Machines

 Reading Material A Bacteria

 Reading Material B Water Pollution and Its Effect on Environment

UNIT NINE

 Text Groundwater Formation and Its Movement

 Readin~ Material A Sources of Water for Domestic Use

 Reading Material B Multi-purpose Hydraulic Projects

UNIT TEN

 Text Open Channel Flow

 Reading Material A Dam

 Reading Material B Rock-fill Dams and Spillway

UNIT ELEVEN

 Text Environmental/Sanitary Engineering

 Reading Material A Sanitary Engineering

 Reading Material B Municipal Engineering

UNIT TWELVE

 Text Ecosystem

 Reading Material A Problems Due to Plankton-algae

 Reading Material B The Death of Microorganisms

UNIT THIRTEEN

 Text Factors Responsible for the Burgeoning Air Pollution Problem

 Reading Material A The "Killer Smog"

 Reading Material B Economic Loss from Air Pollution

UNIT FOURTEEN

 Text Solid Waste Disposal

 Reading Material A Where Do Pollution Come from？

 Reading Material B Industry Sludges

UNIT FIFTEEN

 Text Combating Water Pollution

 Reading Material A Ozone

 Reading Material B Acid Rain

UNIT SIXTEEN

 Text Paving the Way to Excellence in Water Supply System

 Reading Material A Control of Data Quality

 Reading Material B The Monitoring Approach of the Levels-of-service Framework

Appendix Ⅰ Vocabulary

Appendix Ⅱ Translation for Reference

Appendix Ⅲ Key to Exercises