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This is the beginner's guide to understanding Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP), commonly known as septic systems. Waste water is the general term for all effluent and grey water produced in your home. It includes flow from: Toilet Bath Shower Sinks Floor drains Laundry Dishwasher The average household uses up to 150 litres of water per person, per day. In the city, your sewer drains from your house connects to the Council...
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A BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPOSTING
Have you ever been frustrated at how long it takes to produce compost at home?
Do you know something's gone wrong with your compost but not sure what?
Are you bothered by troublesome flies in your compost bin?
If so, then this book is for you.
SUCCESSFUL COMPOSTING
Although there are plenty of books written about how to make compost, few focus on preventing problems and providing advice on what to do when things...
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Desde la Antigüedad, las redes de alcantarillado han cumplido la función de evacuar las aguas de las ciudades, tanto las provenientes de las precipitaciones atmosféricas como las residuales generadas por actividades humanas. A mediados del siglo XX, se empezaron a construir sistemas de redes de alcantarillado separados para evacuar las aguas servidas hacia plantas de tratamiento y las aguas lluvias hacia las corrientes de agua. Hoy, estos hidrosistemas...
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A big sewer project may be coming to your town. This true story of the Amazing South (Miami) Beach Horizontal Directional Drilling Project will help residents, politicians, and construction companies mitigate trauma on the way to success, something that the HDD technique was supposed to do but was not done well enough in South Beach.
6) Hazmat
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IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Highlights the nine classes of hazardous materials as well as the training, tools, and knowledge hazmat technicians need to save lives and property due to a nuclear radiation emergency, a chemical spill, or a contaminated area.
7) Trashed
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Graphic novel based on the author's time spent working on a garbage truck.
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Covers the early primitive sanitation devices such as cesspits and urban dung heaps. From Roman times up to modern-day luxury, this book leads us chronologically through the story of sanitation. It also describes the advances that came with the onslaught of technology from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. With first hand accounts and evidence from diaries and contemporary records, David Eveleigh traces the history of inventions that have...
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Compost is a type of organic matter that is rich in humus and plant nutrients such as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). NPK content of compost varies from 1.5-0.5-1.0 to 3.5-1.0-2.0 depending upon the organic waste materials and manures used for making compost. The process of making compost is called composting.
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Anthony (Tony) Wachinski, PhD, is the President and Founder of Wisewater Global LLC. He lives in Oyster Bay, NY together with his wife Linda and cats Westin and Mitzy. Dr. Wachinski is a recognized technical expert on the processes used to purify water and wastewater, with special expertise on the design and operation of septic tanks. See his books on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/author/wachinski. Contact him with any questions at tony@wisewaterglobal.com.
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"Human Environment Interactions" is an enlightening and comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationship between humans and their environment. This groundbreaking book delves into the multifaceted ways in which our everyday actions impact the world around us and, in turn, how environmental changes shape human societies, cultures, and behaviors.At the heart of this book is a detailed examination of the dynamic interplay between human activities...
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Eat a take-out meal, buy a pair of shoes, or read a newspaper, and you're soon faced with a bewildering amount of garbage. The United States is the planet's number-one producer of trash. Each American throws out 4.5 pounds daily. But garbage is also a global problem. Today, the Pacific Ocean contains six times more plastic waste than zooplankton. How did we end up with this much rubbish, and where does it all go? Journalist and filmmaker Heather Rogers...
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This publication showcases a compilation of project briefs culled from case studies of good practices, new approaches, and working models on sanitation and wastewater management from different countries. The project briefs demonstrate solution options from which useful lessons can be derived. Not only do they illustrate how sanitation and wastewater management challenges can be addressed, the project briefs also aim to inspire replication and show...
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This publication is a guide for government and city planners to identify financing mechanisms as they develop their own wastewater and sanitation projects. Case studies culled from various countries provide insight on various financing instrumentalities (subsidies, output-based or performance-based aid, carbon credits, and revolving funds) and financing arrangements (local government-water utility operator and public-private partnership) available...
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“Products that Flow” offers an insight in the short lives of different products with a quickly dropping value. A wide range of practical examples point the way to managing the flows that currently often are out of control. It is a field of interest that many share and for that reason is destined to turn into fertile soil for improvement. “Products that Flow” will change the way we deal with waste and either prevent it from leaving the circle...
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The sale of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) is growing worldwide due to technological innovations and the speed with which they become obsolete, which increases the production of a solid residue called Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), or e-Waste. WEEE is a relevant problem, as it contains several toxic substances capable of harming the environment and human health. This is why a proper environmental management is required.
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Exploring our community volume 7
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"In the seventh book in the Exploring Our Community series, the five friends learn all about how to reduce plastic pollution. It's Nick's birthday, and he wants to celebrate by challenging his friends to a No Plastics Day. While going a whole day without using single-use plastic, the five friends learn about how much plastic surrounds us in our daily lives; the garbage patch gyres in the oceans; plastic in our food chain; what plastic is made of (science...
18) Urban Wastewater Management in Indonesia: Key Principles and Issues in Drafting Local Regulations
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One of the major concerns in urban development is proper wastewater management. In many developing countries, the lack of a comprehensive wastewater management law jeopardizes sustainable urban development. This is true in Indonesia where wastewater management regulations at the local level are inadequate. This publication discusses the basic principles of wastewater management services and is designed to be a guidebook for the development of local...
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Sanitation safety planning is a preventive risk management approach that identifies potential risks that may arise during the operation of a sanitation system, including waste collection, transportation and conveyance, treatment, disposal, and reuse. After the highest priority risks have been identified, an incremental improvement plan establishes control measures to ensure that no one in the sanitation chain is exposed to the hazards related to wastewater,...
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A 1993 Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)-funded study reported that water and sanitation problems in South Tarawa, Kiribati had become critical and needed to be addressed in "as comprehensive a manner as possible." This led to a series of interventions including several Asian Development Bank (ADB)-sponsored projects which focused on the community participation component that the Government of Kiribati had come to recognize...