This book is a sister volume to Volume 20 of the Handbook of Environmental Engineering Series, "Integrated Natural Resources Management", and expands on the themes of that volume by addressing the conservation and protection of natural resources in an environmental engineering context through state-of-the-art research methodologies and technologies. With a focus on water and wastewater treatment, the book takes a multidisciplinary approach to provide readers with an understanding of developments in natural resources technology over the last few decades, and how technology and industry methods will progress to ensure cleaner and sustainable methods of natural resources management. The key topics covered include biological activated carbon treatment for recycling biotreated wastewater, composting for food processing wastes, treatment of wastewater from chemical industries, agricultural waste as a low-cost adsorbent, and the invention, design and constructionof potable water dissolved air flotation and filtration plants. The book will be useful to environmental resources engineers, researchers, water treatment plant managers, chemical engineers,  industrial plant managers, and environmental conservation agencies. 

Lawrence K. Wang has 30+ years of experience in natural resources, environmental education, process invention, technology transfer, facility design,  and plant construction.  He was a professor/dean/Acting President of the Lenox Institute of Water Technology, USA,  an assistant professor/associate professor/professor of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stevens Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois, respectively, USA, a visiting professor of National Cheng-Kung University, ROC, Zhejiang University and Tongji University, PRC, and a Senior Advisor of the United Nations Industrial and Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria.  Dr. Wang is the author of 700+ papers and 50+ books, and is credited with 24 U.S. patents and 5 foreign patents. He received his BSCE degree from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, ROC, his two MS degrees from the University of Missouri and the University of Rhode Island, USA,and his PhD degree from Rutgers University, USA. Currently he is the Chief Series Editor of the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press), the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series (Springer), the Evolutionary Progress in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics series (Lenox Institute Press), and the Environmental Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics series (Lenox Institute Press).  He is also the Coeditor of the Handbook of Environment and Waste Management series (World Scientific), and the coauthor of the Water and Wastewater Engineering series (John Wiley).  He has been a member of AWWA, WEF, AIChE, ACS, AEESP, CIE, OCEESA, NYWEA, NEWEA, NEWWA, etc.

Mu-Hao Sung Wang has been an engineer, an editor and a professor serving private firms, governments, and universities in the USA and Taiwan forover 25 years. She is a licensed Professional Engineer, and a Diplomat of American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE). Her publications have been in the areas of water quality, modeling, environmental sustainability, waste management, NPDES, flotation, and analytical methods. Dr. Wang is the author of over 50 publications and an inventor of 14 US and foreign patents. She received her BSCE degree from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ROC, her MSCE degree from the University of Rhode Island, USA, and her PhD degree from Rutgers University, USA. She is the Co-Series Editor of the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series (Springer), Co-editor of the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press of Taylor& Francis Group) and the Coeditor of the Environmental Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics series (Lenox Institute Press).  She is a member of AWWA, NEWWA, WEF and OCEESA.

Yung-Tse Hung has been a professor of civil engineering at Cleveland State University since 1981. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and has taught at 16 universities in 8 countries. His research interests and publications have been involved with biological processes, and industrial waste treatment. Dr. Hung is credited with over 470 publications and presentations on water and wastewater treatment. He received his BSCE degree and MSCE degree from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, and his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the editor of International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, International Journal of Environmental Engineering, International Journal of Environmental Engineering Science, the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series (Springer),   the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series (CRC Press), and the Handbook of Environment andWaste Management series (World Scientific).

Chapter1. Fenton oxidation and biological activated carbon treatment for recycling biotreated coking plant wastewater.- Chapter2. Composting for food processing wastes.- Chapter3. Treatment of wastewaters from chemical industries.- Chapter4. Agricultural waste as a low-cost adsorbent.- Chapter5. Waste vegetable oils, fats and cooking oils in biodiesel production.- Chapter6. Wastewater treatment by chemical coagulation, precipitation , sedimentation and flotation.- Chapter7. Water quality control of tidal rivers and estuaries.- Chapter8. First wave of flotation technology evolution: once the world's largest daf-filtration plant and its hydroelectric facility.- Chapter9. Cationic surfactant analysis with good laboratory practice and waste management.- Chapter10. Treatment of laundromat wastewater by physicochemical and flotation processes.- Chapter11. Book review.- Chapter12. Glossary of water quality, treatment and recovery.