Appropriate Waste Management for Developing Countries

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Environmental Technology for Developing Countries....Pages 1-30
Environmental Management in Developing Countries....Pages 31-37
An Optimal Approach for the Selection of Appropriate Sanitation Technology for Developing Countries....Pages 39-51
Development of Low-Waste and Waste-Free Technologies as the Main Way of Solving the Industrial Waste Problem....Pages 53-63
Reliability Engineering for Appropriate Environmental Technology....Pages 65-80
WB/UNDP — Integrated Resource Recovery Project: Recycling of Wastes in Developing Countries....Pages 81-94
The Recycling of the Wastes of Production and Consumption as an Aspect of the Environmental Protection in the USSR....Pages 95-100
Studies on the Possible Uses of Soda Industry Waste as a Construction Material....Pages 101-109
Benefits and Process Alternatives Made Possible by Primary Effluent Filtration....Pages 111-126
Biological Treatment of Urban and Industrial Effluents: Advantages of Fixing Biomass on a Specific Filler....Pages 127-138
Surface Characteristics of Biological Solids....Pages 139-151
Optimization of the Activated Sludge Method by Automated Processing....Pages 153-162
Activated Sludge Process Applied to the Treatment of High Concentration Wastes....Pages 163-174
The Sequencing Batch Reactor Treatment of Strong Wastes....Pages 175-191
Seasonal Sensitivity of Pollution Load and Effect of Suspended Solids on the Performance of a University Oxidation Pond....Pages 193-225
Biological Treatment of Piggery Wastes in Oxidation Ditches....Pages 227-234
Diurnal Studies of a Micro-Aquatic Engineered Ecosystem....Pages 235-245
Improvement of Biodegradability in Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Cow Manure....Pages 247-264
The Combination of Individual Septic Tanks and Collective Anaerobic Digestion of Night Soils....Pages 265-274
Sewage Derived Methane as a Vehicle Fuel....Pages 275-289
Anaerobic Treatment of Olive Oil Wastewater....Pages 291-310
An Anaerobic Filter Applied to the Treatment of Distillery Wastewaters....Pages 311-325
Water Use and Treatment Practices and Other Environmental Considerations in the Iron and Steel Industry....Pages 327-347
Treatment of Wastewater From the Canning Industry in Egypt....Pages 349-362
Purification of Refinery Wastes by Means of Flocculation with Ferric Chloride....Pages 363-369
A Systematic Approach to the Industrial Pollution Problem of Kuwait (Kisk 609)....Pages 371-381
Current Issues in Hazardous Chemical Waste Disposal....Pages 383-394
Selective Adsorption of Heavy Metal Cations by Using Fly Ash....Pages 395-404
Bioassays in Detecting the Toxicity of Raw and Treated Pharmaceutical Waste....Pages 405-416
The Chemical Contents of Alkaline Wastewater From the Selective Flotation of Pb-Zn Ores and Its Use....Pages 417-424
Less Treatment Better for Fishery....Pages 425-442
The Use of Plastic Outfalls as a Low-Cost Waste Disposal Alternative....Pages 443-458
Marine Outfalls as a Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Alternative in Developing Countries....Pages 459-473
Probable Impact of Proposed Izmir Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents on Izmir Bay Water Quality....Pages 475-492
Chemical Pollution of King Talal Dam Reservoir....Pages 493-514
Final Disposal by Infiltration with Minimum Management and Wastes....Pages 515-520
Retentivity of Copper from Waste Effluents by Soil Constituents....Pages 521-532
The Removal of Nitrogen and Phosphorus by Soils....Pages 533-547
A Laboratory Study to Determine the Acceptability of Oxidation Pond Effluent by Soil....Pages 549-561
Management of Pesticide Residues in Egyptian Environment....Pages 563-577
Combined Timber Production and Wastewater Treatment Using a Marsh Forest System....Pages 579-590
Generation of Sewer Network Layouts in Developing Countries....Pages 591-597
A Model for Optimal Wastewater Management in a River Basin....Pages 599-618
Appropriate Waste Containment Technology for Developing Countries....Pages 619-632
An Application of Locational Models for Transfer Stations....Pages 633-642
An Inverted-Pile Incinerator for Waste Disposal and Energy Production....Pages 643-655
Trace Elements in Kosova Basen Coal....Pages 657-663
Back Matter....Pages 665-673