This book examines a number of important contemporary environmental issues in an informative and easy-to-read style. The topics covered include sewage treatment, eutrophication, air pollution, acid rain, global warming and pollution from farming. A particularly valuable section of the book describes a range of tests that can be carried out on various environmental parameters. The procedures require relatively simple equipment and they have been pre-tested in a school laboratory. Environmental Pollution Studies will be of value to senior school pupils and students at college or university embarking on courses in environmental science. "An extremely useful introduction to a complex and important topic... I would have no hesitation in recommending this book to anyone involved in teaching any aspect of the environmental sciences."β Teaching Earth Sciences
β¦ Table of Contents
Title Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Foreword......Page 10
1. Introduction......Page 12
2. Sewage collection and treatment......Page 16
3. Eutrophication......Page 40
4. Pollution from farming......Page 52
5. Fish farming......Page 65
6. Tip drainage......Page 75
7. Mine-water pollution......Page 80
8. Acid rain......Page 86
9. Air pollution......Page 97
10. Global warming......Page 107
11. Biological indicators of the quality of the environment......Page 115
12. Measuring the quality of the environment......Page 123
Postscript......Page 154
Appendix......Page 156
Useful addresses......Page 157
Index......Page 162