全书共分7部分31课，内容主要包括环境综述、大气污染与控制、废水与废水处理、固体废弃物与处置、噪声与噪声控制、环境化学和环境微生物。在选择文章方面注重介绍环境治理技术，使其适于环境科学与工程专业的学生学习使用；同时，也介绍了环境领域中的一些基本原理，特别是环境化学和环境微生物的相关内容，适于环境科学专业的学生学习。每课均由课文、难点词汇和延展阅读材料组成。为方便理解原文，读者可联系作者索取对应的中文翻译。
本书可供本科环境科学、环境工程或相关专业学生使用，也可供环境工程师或相关领域的科技人员参考使用。

PART ONE INTRODUCTION OF ENVIRONMENT
Unit 1 Introduction to Environmental Science
Reading Material 1 Environmental Impact
Unit 2 Environmental Science and Engineering
Reading Material 2 Environmental Analysis
Unit 3 Green Chemistry
Reading Material 3 Sustainable Chemistry
Unit 4 Global Warming
Reading Material 4 Climate Change
PART TWO AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL
Unit 5 A Brief History of the Air Pollution Problem
Reading Material 5 Air Quality Analysis
Unit 6 Motor Vehicles and Air Pollution
Reading Material 6 Engine Control Factors for Local Emissions
Unit 7 Carbon for the Removal of VOCs
Reading Material 7 Collection Technologies
Unit 8 Flue Gas Denitration Technology（Ⅰ）
Reading Material 8 Flue Gas Denitration Technology（Ⅱ）
Unit 9 SO2 Removal Technology
Reading Material 9 Dry Desulfurization
PART THREE WASTEWATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Unit 10 Wastewater Characteristics
Reading Material 10 Removal of Phenol
Unit 11 Wastewater Treatment Processes
Reading Material 11 Examples of Treatment Plants
Unit 12 of Activated Carbon in Wastewater Treatment
Reading Material 12 Activated Carbon and Adsorption
Unit 13 Membrane Separation Technologies
Reading Material 13 An Overview of Membrane Processes
Unit 14 Anaerobic Processes for Wastewater Treatment
Reading Material 14 Sludge Characteristics and Treatment
Unit 15 Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment
Reading Material 15 Photochemical Synergistic Oxidation and Hydroxyl Radicals
PART FOUR SOLID WASTES AND DISPOSAL
Unit 16 Waste Management
Reading Material 16 Biological Treatment for Solid Wastes
Unit 17 Volume Reduction Technologies
Reading Material 17 Biosolids Technologies and Applications
Unit 18 Materials Recovery and Recycling
Reading Material 18 Storage and Collection
Unit 19 Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste by Vermicompost
Reading Material 19 Integrated Solid Waste Management Based on the 3R Approach
PART FIVE NOISE AND NOISE CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES
Unit 20 Noise Sources in the City （Ⅰ）
Reading Material 20 Noise Sources in the City （Ⅱ）
Unit 21 Indices for Environmental Noise
Reading Material 21 Vibration Analysis
Unit 22 Noise Control
Reading Material 22 Effects of Vibration on Humans
Unit 23 Sound Absorbing Materials
Reading Material 23 Some Specific Absorption Materials
PART SIX ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
Unit 24 Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry
Reading Material 24 Future Challenges of Green Chemistry
Unit 25 Environmental Chemistry of Water Pollution
Reading Material 25 Chemistry of Wastewater
Unit 26 Atmosphere Environmental Chemistry
Reading Material 26 Climate and Chemical Composition of the Atmosphere
Unit 27 Soil Environmental Chemistry （Ⅰ）
Reading Material 27 Soil Environmental Chemistry （Ⅱ）
PART SEVEN ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Unit 28 Introduction to Environmental Microbiology
Reading Material 28 Environmental Microbiology
Unit 29 Progress in Environmental Microbiology
Reading Material 29 Introduction to Environmental Microbiology Research Progress
Unit 30 Bacteria in Environment
Reading Material 30 Introduction to the Bacteria
Unit 31 Environmental Microbiology of Waste water System
Reading Material 31 Aquatic Microorganisms