本书介绍了水处理和水资源方面的专业英语29篇，每篇又分为2部分，内容包括：水资源、水质、水质管理、给水处理技术、地表水污染、地下水污染、污水收集、污水处理的传质理论、污水处理技术及微生物学等，信息量大，可读性强，使学生在提高英语能力和熟悉专业词汇的同时，又提高了专业技能。
　　本书可作为高等学校给水排水专业、水文水资源专业和环境工程专业本、专科生专业英语教材或课外专业英语阅读材料，也可为从事相关志业的工程技术人员获取相关的科技信息提供参考。

PART ONE
　Unit 1 Hydrologic Cycle
　　Reading Material A The Water Balance
　　Reading Material B Protecting Water Resources
　Unit 2 Drinking Water Quality
　　Reading Material A Existing Deficiencies in Water Supplies
　　Reading Material B Quality of Ground Water
　Unit 3 Water Analyis
　　Reading Material A Water Problems
　　Reading Material B Surface Water Quality in Texas
　Unit 4 Public Water Supply System
　　Reading Material A Public Water Supply System Regulatlons
　　Reading Material B Ground Water Movement
　Unit 5 Assesmaent of the Drinking Water Supply
Reading Material A Drinking Water Quality Management
Reading Material B The Effects of Urbanization on Water Quality
　Unit6 Pumps and Pumping Stations
Reading Material A Pumps
Reading Material B Water-supply Engineering
　Unit 7 Water Supply System
Reading Material A Distribution Systems
Reading Material B Dual Water Distribution
　Unit 8 Home Plurnbing System
　　Reading Material A Plumbing
Reading Material B Sewage System
　Unit 9 Water Treatment Processes
Reading Material A The History of Drinking Water Treatment
Reading Material B Storm Water
　Unit 10 Mixing
Reading Material A CoaguLation and Floeeulatlon
Reading Material B Optimizing Coagulation
　Unit 11 Coagulation and Flocculation
Reading Material A Theories of Coagulation
Reading Material B Water Treatment Chemicals
　Unit 12 Sedimentation
Reading Material A Groundwater Quality
Reading Material B Pre-sedimentation and Sedimentation
　Unit 13 Filtration and Filter Types
Reading Material A Direct Filtration
Reading Material B Filter Backwashing
　Unit 14 Disinfection
Reading Material A Comparing Alternative Disinfection Methods
Reading Material B Disinfection By-products
　Unit 15 Chemical Precipitation Softening
Reading Material A Recarbonation
Reading Material B Ion-exchange Softening
PART TWO
　Unit 16 Surface Water Pollution
Reading Material A Ground Water Contamination
Reading Material B Cause and Sources of Surface Water Pollution
　Unit 17 Constituents in Wastewater
Reading Material A Impact of Regulations on Wastewater Engineering
Reading Material B Health and Environmental Concerns in Wastewater Management
　Unit 18 Wastewater Collection
Reading Material A Past and Present of U.S. Wastewater Treatment
Reading Material B Wastewater Collection System
　Unit 19 Reactors Used for the Treatment of Wastewater
Reading Material A Treatment Processes Involving Mass Transfer
Reading Material B Wastewater Treatment
　Unit 20 Flotation
Reading Material A Primary Sedimentation
Reading Material B Grit Removal System
　Unit 21 Chemical Oxidation
Reading Material A Types of Mixers Used for Continuous Mixing in Wastewater Treatment
Reading Material B Chemical Precipitation for Phosphorus Removal
　Unit 22 Wastewater Biological Treatment Processes
Reading Material A Modification to Existing Processes
Reading Material B Sludge Treatment
　Unit 23 Microbes as Chemical Machine
Reading Material A Introduetiun of Sewage Treatment
Reading Material B Biological Treatment System
　Unit 24 Nitrification and Denitrification
Reading Material A Nitrification and Denitrifieation Processes
Reading Material B Biological Phosphorus Removal
　Unit 25 Advanced Wastewater Treatment
Reading Material A An Introduction of Depth Filtration
Reading Material B Membrane Filtration Processes
　Unit 26 Adsorption
Reading Material A Ion Exchange
　　Reading Material B Advanced Wastewater Treatment
　Unit 27 Anaerobic Fermentation
　　Reading Material A Wastewater Reuse
　　Reading Material B Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Processes
　Unit 28 Sludge Treatment Utilization and Disposal
　　Reading Material A Soirces and Types of Solid Wastes
　　Reading Material B Sludge Dewatering
　Unit 29 Introduction to Microbiology
　　Reading Material A Process Microbiology
　　Reading Material B Advanced Wastewater Treatment
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