Chapter 1. BIOSCIENCE CONCEPTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Mary Lou Bungay and Henry R. Bungay

Chapter 2. TREATMENT BY APPLICATION ONTO LAND
Donald B. Aulenbach and Nicholas L. Clesceri


Chapter 3. TREATMENT BY SUBSURFACE APPLICATION
Nicholas L. Clesceri, Donald B. Aulenbach and James F. Roetzer

Chapter 4. SUBMERGED AERATION
Jerry Tariscka,, Jerry Y. C. Hung, J. Paul Chen, Yung-Tse Hung, and Shuai-Wen Zou

Chapter 5. SURFACE AND SPRAY AERATION
Jerry Tariscka, J. Paul Chen , Yung-Tse Hung, Lawrence K. Wang, and Shuai-Wen Zou

Chapter 6. ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESSES
Lawrence K. Wang, and Zucheng Wu

Chapter 7. WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS AND LAGOONS
Lawrence K. Wang and Zucheng Wu

Chapter 8. TRICKLING FILTERS
Lawrence K. Wang, and Zucheng Wu

Chapter 9. ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTORS
Lawrence K. Wang and Zucheng Wu

Chapter 10. SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS
Lawrence K. Wang and Yang Li

Chapter 11. OXIDATION DITCH
Nazih K. Shammas and Lawrence K. Wang

Chapter 12. COLUMN BIOREACTOR CLARIFIER PROCESSES
Anatoliy I. Sverdlikov, Gennadij P. Shcherbina, Michail M. Zemljak, Alexander A. Sverdlikov, Donald H. Haycock, Andrew Lugowski, George Nakhla, Lawrence K. Wang, Yung-Tse Hung

Chapter 13. UPFLOW SLUDGE BLANKET FILTRATION
Svatopluk Mackrle, Vladimír Mackrle and Old¹ich Draãka

Chapter 14. BIOLOGICAL NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION PROCESSES
Yu Liu, J. H. Tay, Y. M. Lin and Yung-Tse Hung

Chapter 15. ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
Jerry R. Taricska, David A. Long, J. Paul Chen, Yung-Tse Hung and Shuai-Wen Zou

Chapter 16. AEROBIC DIGESTION
Nazih K. Shammas and Lawrence K. Wang

Chapter 17. Gas Phase Biofiltration
Gregory T. Kleinheinz and Phillip C. Wright

Pollution and its effects on the environment have emerged as critical areas of research within the past 30 years. The Handbook of Environmental Engineering is a collection of methodologies that study the effects of pollution and waste in their three basic forms: gas, solid, and liquid. In Volume 8, Biological Treatment Processes, tried-and-true solutions comprise a "methodology of pollution control". The distinguished panel of authors contributes detailed chapters, which include topics ranging from treatment by land application, activated sludge processes, and submerged aeration to trickling filters, lagoons, rotating biological contactors, sequencing batch reactors, digestions, and composting. Volume 8 and its sister book - Volume 9: Advanced Biological Treatment Processes - are designed as both basic biological waste treatment textbooks and reference books for advanced undergraduate and graduate students - as well as for designers of waste treatment systems, scientists, and researchers. An indispensable addition to the Humana Press series, Volume 8: Biological Treatment Processes provides an illuminating look at water pollution control and the fascinating evolution of bio-environmental engineering.