How long does it take to read Wastewater Engineering?
treatment and resource recovery
Metcalf & Eddy, Aecom ; revised by George Tchobanoglous, H. David Stensel, Ryujiro Tsuchihashi, Franklin Burton ; contributing authors, Mohammad Abu-Orf, Gregory Bowden, William Pfrang
Wastewater Engineering by Metcalf & Eddy, Aecom ; revised by George Tchobanoglous, H. David Stensel, Ryujiro Tsuchihashi, Franklin Burton ; contributing authors, Mohammad Abu-Orf, Gregory Bowden, William Pfrang takes about 37 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 37 hours
A long haul
First published 2015. 2,018 pages, about 554,950 words.
74 days (about 11 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 61 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 37 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 23 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is a thorough update of an authoritative book on wastewater treatment. This text describes the rapidly evolving field of wastewater engineering technological and regulatory changes that have occurred over the last ten years in this discipline and it includes: a new view of a wastewater as a source of energy, nutrients and potable water; more stringent discharge requirements related to nitrogen and phosphorus; enhanced understanding of the fundamental microbiology and physiology of the microorganisms responsible for the removel of nitrogen and phosphorus and other constituents; an appreciation of the importance of the separate treatment of return flows with respect to meeting more stringent standards for nitrogen removal and opportunities for nutrient recovery; increased emphasis on the treatment of sludge and the management of biosolids; increased awareness of carbon footprints impacts and greenhouse gas emissions, and an emphasis on the development of energy neutral or energy positive wastewater plants through more efficient use of chemical and heat energy in wastewater. This revision contains a strong focus on advanced wastewater treatment technologies and stresses the reuse aspects of wastewater and biosolids.
Subjects: Sewage, purification, Sewage disposal, Sewerage, Sewage, Purification, Water reuse
