全书分为10部分（Parts），22单元（Units），每个单元均由课文和阅读材料组成。课文和阅读材料选自原版英文教科书、著作、期刊等。主要内容包括：环境问题；水污染及控制工程；大气污染及防治；固体废物及处理方法；其他污染及控制技术；环境监测；环境法规；环境质量评价；环境的可持续发展。每篇课文均配有单词、注释和练习题。教材设置专业术语词汇表（英文解释）和附录，附录中的内容包括了读、译、听、说、写五大技巧，供师生参考使用。
本书为高职高专环境类专业的教材，也可供同等英语程度环境技术人员或相近领域人员使用。

Part 1 Environmental Problems
Unit 1 Text: Global Environmental Issues
Reading Material: Climate Change
Part 2 Water Pollution & Wastewater Treatment
Unit 2 Text: Water Pollution
Reading Material: Wastewater
Unit 3 Text: Water Pollutants
Reading Material: Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Unit 4 Text: Wastewater Treatment Methods and Disposal [Ⅰ]
Reading Material: Treatment of Cyanide Wastewater
Unit 5 Text: Wastewater Treatment Methods and Disposal [Ⅱ]
Reading Material: Advanced Wastewater Treatment
Unit 6 Text: Extended Aeration Activated Sludge Plant
Reading Material: Types of Decomposition
Part 3 Air Pollution & Control
Unit 7 Text: Principal Air Pollutants
Reading Material: Global Air Pollution Problems
Unit 8 Text: Photochemical Smog
Reading Material: How Does Smog Affect Us?
Unit 9 Text: Particulate Removal
Reading Material: What is Acid Rain and What Causes It?
Unit 10 Text: Control of Gaseous Pollutants
Reading Material: Measures to Improve Air Quality
Unit 11 Text: Biofiltration: A New Technology of Air PollutionControl (Ⅰ)
Reading Material: Biofiltration: A New Technology of Air Pollution Control (Ⅱ)
Part 4 Solid Wastes & Disposal
Unit 12 Text: Types of Solid Wastes
Reading Material: Health Impacts of Solid Waste
Unit 13 Text: Solid Waste Management
Reading Material: Handling Household Hazardous Waste
Unit 14 Text: How to Compost
Reading Material: Recycling and Reuse
Part 5 Soil and Soil Pollution
Unit 15 Text: Soil and Soil Pollution
Reading Material: Land Degradation
Part 6 Other Pollution & Control Technologies
Unit 16 Text: Noise Pollution
Reading Material: Effects of Noise on Health and Well-Being
Unit 17 Text: Thermal Pollution
Reading Material: Radioactive Waste
Part 7 Environmental Monitoring
Unit 18 Text: Identify the Indoor Air Quality Problems
Reading Material: Indoor Air Quality Concer
Unit 19 Text: Biological Oxygen Demand Monitoring
Reading Material: Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Testing Procedures
Part 8 Environmental Policy & Management
Unit 20 Text: Environmental Management Systems
Reading Material: Water Quality Standards
Part 9 Environmental Impact Assessment
Unit 21 Text: Environmental Impact Assessment
Reading Material: Environmental Assessment as a Project Management Tool
Part 10 Environmental Sustainable Development
Unit 22 Text: Sustainable Development
Reading Material: Envisioning a Sustainable Future
Glossary of Terms
Appendixes
Part Ⅰ Reading Training
Part Ⅱ Translation Training
Part Ⅲ Listening Training
Part Ⅳ Speaking Training
Part Ⅴ Writing Training