Municipal Water and Wastewater Treatment : The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI : 9788179931882 : 01 Dec 2009 : Water is the earth's most ubiquitous and most effective dissolving agent, playing a key role in human civilization. A variety of natural and human factors affect the quality and use of surface and groundwater. This book simplifies the concepts of water and waste water treatment. Contents: Water as a resource: some related issues Municipal wastewater generation, conveyance and disposal Water treatment processes Wastewater treatment: physical and chemical processes Wastewater treatment: biological methods Wastewater reuse Sludge and Septage: Treatment and Disposal Wastewater disposal into natural water bodies Wastewater disposal on land land application Selection, planning and implementation guidelines for water and wastewater treatment systems Model answers to Learning activities Distance learning in Environmental Engineering