本书旨在提高给水排水工程与环境工程专业和相关专业人员的专业英语水平，使在校大学生和专业工程技术人员的专业英语水平能够达到国家教育部颁布的《大学英语专业阅读阶段教学基本要求》，适应国际化的新形势。本书分为5部分内容：概述、给水与废水收集系统、水处理、废水处理和环境管理。本书特点之一是语言的文体广泛，难易程度循序渐进。所收入的文章选材较广，不仅包括英文教科书，还包括英文期刊及专著。全书共分为20个单元，每单元一篇课文，两篇阅读材料，并附有难点注释、词汇表、练习题，课文配有译文，以求达到通过阅读去获取国外的与本专业有关的科技信息的教学目的。

本书共有5部分内容：概述、给水与废水收集系统、水处理、废水处理和环境管理。每部分为4个单元，每单元一篇课文，两篇阅读材料，并附有难点注释、词汇表和练习题。附录包括词汇汇总表、课文译文和科技英语语法特点等。本书既注重学生专业英语学习，又考虑拓宽相关专业知识面，能使读者在较短时期内掌握给水排水工程与环境工程专业常用词汇。本书特点之一是语言的文体广泛，难易程度循序渐进；特点之二是兼顾专业性与学术性；特点之三是突出对阅读和翻译能力的培养。

本书可以作为给水排水工程与环境工程专业英语教材，亦可作为与之相关专业的工作者、教师和工程技术人员自学专业英语的读本。

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前言

Part One Introduction

　Unit 1 Introduction of Water Supply

　　Reading Material A Environmental/Sanitary Engineering

　　Reading Material B Hydrological Cycle

　Unit 2 Water Sources

　　Reading Material A Surface Water

　　Reading Material B Groundwater Recharge

　Unit 3 The Property of Water

　　Reading Material A Analytical Methods of Water Quality

　　Reading Material B Water -- Universal Solvent

　Unit 4 Laws Pertaining to Water and Environment

　　Reading Material A New Horizons in Federal Regulation

　　Reading Material B A Conceptual Approach versus the SWTR

Part Two Water-supply and Collection Systems

　Unit 5 Water-supply System

　　Reading Material A Distribution Systems

　　Reading Material B Distribution Reservoirs and Service Storage

　Unit 6 Pumps

　　Reading Material A Grinder Pump Sewer System

　　Reading Material B Open Channel Flow

　Unit 7 Plumbing

　　Reading Material A Drainage, Sewerage and Sewage

　　Reading Material B Treatment Plant Design

　Unit 8 Wastewater Collection and Sewer Design

　　Reading Material A Storm Drainage System

　　Reading Material B Sanitary Sewer System

Part Three Water Treatment

　Unit 9 Water Treatment Processes

　　Reading Material A Ion Exchange for Nitrate Removal

　　Reading Material B Removal of Geosmin and Methylisoborneol from Drinking Water by Adsorption on Uhrastable Zeolite-Y

　Unit 10 Sedimentation

　　Reading Material A Coagulation and Flocculation

　　Reading Material B Colloidal Dispersions

　Unit 11 Filtration

　　Reading Material A Filter Components

　　Reading Material B Polishing Filtration with Ceramic Membranes

　Unit 12 Disinfection of Drinking Water

　　Reading Material A Solar Collectors for Disinfection of Contaminated Water

　　Reading Material B Aeration

Part Four Wastewater Treatment

　Unit 13 Wastewater Treatment Methods

　　Reading Material A Terminology in Wastewater Treatment

　　Reading Material B Grit Chambers in Wastewater Treatment

　Unit 14 Activated Sludge Processes

　　Reading Material A Sludge Treatment and Disposal

　　Reading Material B Sequencing Batch Reactor Process

　Unit 15 Carbon Adsorption

　　Reading Material A Trickling Filters

　　Reading Material B Anaerobic Biological Treatment

　Unit 16 Wastewater Reuse

　　Reading Material A Nutrient Removal

　　Reading Material B Reverse Osmosis

Part Five Environmental Management

　Unit 17 Air Pollution & Control Technology

Reading Material A Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Change

Reading Material B Acid Deposition

 Unit 18 Solid Wastes and Disposal

Reading Material A Resource Conservation and Recovery for Sustainability

Reading Material B Production, Collection, and Use of Digester Gas

 Unit 19 Noise Control

Reading Material A Bioremediation Technology

Reading Material B Thermal Pollution

 Unit 20 Analytical Technique and Methodology

Reading Material A Environmental Impact Assessment

Reading Material B Risk Assessment

Appendix I Glossary

Appendix II Translation for Reference

Appendix III Key Points of Grammar on Scientific and Technological English

Appendix IV Environmental Engineering Resources in Internet

References