This reference covers technical and commercial environmental terms and provides a complete list of terms, brand names and trademarks. It includes more than 8000 environmental terms, acronyms and abbreviations, both commercial and generic. Topics include: wastewater; potable water; industrial water treatment; seawater desalination; air pollution; incineration; hazardous waste remediation; and health related issues. Company addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses are also included.

Directions of diffuse pollution research and Best Management Practices are evolving, and effective and affordable methods of control are being developed to handle the abatement of toxic pollutants from atmospheric deposition, and urban and agricultural runoff. This book provides a useful manual covering the most important topics and solutions of the diffuse pollution problem with emphasis on urban sources and abatement.