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About the Book
This book is meant to meet the requirements of Civil and Chemical engineering students opting for specialization in environmental engineering and sciences. The technologies described in the book will be of great use to decision-makers in municipalities, hospitals, industries, regulatory bodies, planning and government departments in designing systems for safe disposal of municipal solid wastes, plastic waste, bio-medical wastes, hazardous wastes and e-wastes.
Bio-medical wastes, Hazardous wastes, Industrial solid wastes, plastic waste and e-wastes are also posing problems of collection, transport, treatment and disposal.
Waste management is an essential task which has important consequences for public health and well being, the quality and sustainability of urban environment and the efficiency and productivity of the urban economy.
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About the Authors
Dr. M. N. Rao is presently an Emeritus Professor at J N T University, Hyderabad.
He obtained Ph D in Environmental Engineering and did Post doctoral work in New Zealand. He taught at IIT Roorkee and NIT Durgapur for 16 years and later moved into Industrial R&D at Bangalore. He then joined Govt. of India and served as Professor and later Director of National Institute for Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai for about 10 years. Dr. Rao published 250 Technical papers in National and International Journals, 25 manuals, 5 textbooks and 15 video lessons. He worked as an expert member on several Technical Committees of Pollution Control Boards and Ministries of Govt of India. and Govts of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Karnataka. He is a Consultant to UNEP, WHO, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, DANIDA, CIDA, Colombo Plan Staff College, Manila and more than 50 industries in India and abroad. He is a Member of academic councils of 9 universities and Visiting Professor to 10 Academic Institutions and Engineering Colleges. Dr.Rao guided about 200 Masters and Ph D projects..He is a recipient of 20 awards including 4 gold medals. He chaired 30 International Conferences and presented Technical papers in 54 countries around the world. His areas of interest are Water supply, wastewater treatment, Air pollution control, Waste management, EIA and Environmental Education. Email: narayanaraom@yahoo.com