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Provides coverage of treatment aspects, from sludge and biosolids to pollution control biotechnology and drinking water distribution. This text gives the tools needed to make decisions that affect public health, as well as the practical aspects of treatment, disinfection, water distribution, bioremediation, and water and wastewater reuse.

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• Preface
• Preface to the First Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Part A Fundamentals of Microbiology
• 1 The Microbial World
• 2 Microbial Metabolism and Growth
• 3 Role of Microorganisms in Biogeochemical Cycles
• Part B Public Health Microbiology
• 4 Pathogens and Parasites in Domestic Wastewater
• 5 Microbial Indicators of Fecal Contamination
• 6 Water and Wastewater Disinfection
• Part C Microbiology of Wastewater Treatment
• 7 Introduction to Wastewater Treatment
• 8 Activated Sludge Process
• 9 Bulking and Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants
• 10 Processes Based on Attached Microbial Growth
• 11 Waste Stabilizations Ponds
• 12 Sludge Microbiology
• 13 Anaerobic Digestion of Wastewater and Biosolids
• 14 Bioaerosols and Bioodors from Wastewater Treatment Plants
• Part D Microbiology of Drinking Water Treatment
• 15 Microbiological Aspects of Drinking Water Treatment
• 16 Microbiological Aspects if Drinking Water Distribution
• 17 Bioterrorism and Drinking Water Safety
• Part E Biotechnology in Wastewater Treatment
• 18 Pollution Control Biotechnology
• Part F Fate and Toxicity of Chemicals in Wastewater Treatment Plants
• 19 Fate of Xenobiotics and Toxic Metals in Wastewater Treatment Plants
• 20 Toxicity Testing in Wastewater Treatment Plants Using Microorganisms
• Part G Microbiology and Public Health Aspects of Wastewater Effluents and Biosolids Disposal and Reuse
• 21 Public Health Aspects of Wastewater and Biosolids Disposal on Land
• 22 Public Health Aspects of Wastewater and Biosolids Disposal in the Marine Environment
• 23 Wastewater Reuse
• References
• Index

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GABRIEL BITTON , Ph.D., is Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida. He is a recipient of a Harvard University Research Fellowship, as well as an honorary doctorate from Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France. Dr. Bitton is the editor of the Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology (Wiley). His primary research interests include wastewater microbiology, ecotoxicology, environmental virology, surface microbiology, and bioremediation.