VLADIMIR NOVOTNY, PhD, PE, is CDM Chair Professor at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He is
also coauthor of Karl Imhoff's Handbook of Urban Drainage and Wastewater Disposal (with Klaus R. Imhoff, Meint
Olthof, and Peter A. Krenkel), published by Wiley.
Summary
Sound, practical advice on managing and controlling diffuse source water pollution and watershed management
This new edition of Water Quality provides the latest tools to prevent and abate diffuse pollution, as well as
innovative problem-solving approaches for water and soil resources damaged by diffuse pollution. The information
and techniques presented here emphasize sustainability, protection, and restoration of resources, while also considering
land-use ethics and socioeconomic aspects of abatement and preservation.
This Second Edition's substantially updated material covers significant advances made in understanding and controlling
diffuse pollution, such as key information on atmospheric deposition, pollutant interaction with soils, models
for estimating loading of diffuse pollution from land, predicting safe water and soil acceptance of residual pollution,
and use of GIS technology. State-of-the-art technical and socioeconomic tools are presented for controlling and
abating diffuse pollution in such areas as urban, highway, agricultural, and industrial environments, as well as
for managing and restoring streams, lakes, and watersheds. Providing both national and international outlooks,
new chapters are included describing the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) process, and material in other chapters
is extensively updated to reflect the latest regulatory guidelines and new information on major legal decisions.
Water Quality, Second Edition is a valuable reference for environmental engineers, scientists, civil engineers,
students of these disciplines, and government and regulatory personnel.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Chapter 1- Introduction.
Chapter 2- Causes Of Diffuse Pollution.
Chapter 3- Basic Concepts Of Diffuse Pollution.
Chapter 4- Hydrologic Considerations.
Chapter 5- Erosion and Sedimentation.
Chapter 6- Soil Pollution and Its Mitigation (Coauthored by Wim Salomons).
Chapter 7- Groundwater and Base Flow Contamination.
Chapter 8- Urban and Highway Diffuse Pollution.
Chapter 9- Control of Urban Diffuse Pollution (Coauthored by Neal O'Reilly).
Chapter 10- Abatement of Agricultural Diffuse Pollution (Coauthored by Susan Alexander).
Chapter 11- Integrated Watershed Management.
Chapter 12- Water Body Assessment.
Chapter 13- Estimating Loads and Loading Capacity by Models.
Chapter 14- Water Body and Watershed Restoration and Waste Assimilative Capacity Enhancement.
Appendix.
Index.
