Industrial Wastes: Their Disposal and Treatment

“Industrial Waste treatment” has been written by a group of people who are familier, by virtue of their interests and occupations, with the specific waste treatment and disposal problems. The subject matter is presented critically, with as complete bibliography as considered necessary, without being a compendium or review of the literature. The effluents produced by the various industries have been grouped in a more or less logical manner on the basis of the type of industry or the character of the wastes, and they are discussed in different chapter. The various chapters present the modern views, theirs, methods and applications of waste treatment as seen by the collaborators and as practiced in the field. No attempt has been made by the editor to specify the manner of presentation, except that the subjects should by treated from the subjects should be treated from the physical, chemical and biochemical viewpoints, with sufficient engineering features necessary for a compressive and authoritative book. A general statement regarding the magnitude and diversity of the industrial waste treatment problem, followed by a chapter dealing with the basic principles involved in stream pollution and self-purification of streams, has been included to illustrate the extent and the physical, chemical and biological effects of industrial wastes on receiving waters, to indicate the fundamental principles involved in industrial waste treatment, and to provide a background for the requirements necessary to treat individual wastes for which no specific methods have been established. The individual chapters on specific types of wastes reflect the style of the authors. However, in order to provide the necessary continuity the authors have followed a general pattern, including brief descriptions of the waste-producing processes, sources of wastes, recovery and remedial measures, quantities and characteristics of the wastes, methods of treatment, and in several instances, the effect of the wastes on domestic sewage treatment processes. The book was planners to present a series of contributors which would be welcomes by engineers and chemists in industry confronted with waste treatment problems, by research workers in the field, by teachers and students, by executives in industry who need to familiarize themselves with the proper treatment and disposal of wastes.