1382 INDEX
Reverse osmosis 198, 398, 978, 1242
Reynolds number 18, 1276
Ribonucleic acid 684
Rice Oil Disease 272, 872
Richardson number 60
Right to Know Statutes 361
Right to Sue Statutes 362
Ringlemann chart 817
Risk 38, 381
Risk assessment 461
River 2, 367, 610, 731, 1285
Rivers and Harbors Act (US) 993
RNA—see Ribonucleic acid
Roberts model 1169
Rock fracturing 638
Roentgen-equivalent-man 627
Rotary kiln 453
Rotating biological contactor 152, 734,
1200
Rubbish 643
Rubella 175, 280
Runoff 393, 468, 721, 1180, 1289Saccharin 274
Safe Drinking Water Act (US) 363
Salinity 392
Salmonella 358
Salt mines 638
Salt wedge 716
Sampling 3, 528, 540
Sand filter 349, 731, 977, 1309
Sanitary landfill 649
Sanitation 334, 357, 1003
Saprophage 253
Saprotroph 263
SARA—see Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (US)
Scale formation 209
Scattergram 379, 1171
Scenic Hudson Preservation case 598
Screening tests 2
Screens 1191, 1314
Sea disposal 354
Sea level rise 437
Sea water 195
Sea water properties 791
Secondary pollutants 70
Secondary treatment 398, 729
Sedimentation 24, 144, 350, 727, 972,
1307
Sediment control 1077
Sediment transport 1064
Seeds 245
Selective enrichment 696
Sensors 544
Sensor dimensions 1029
Septic tank 735, 1082
Sequential sampling 3Sequestrants 273
Settleable solids 727
Settling 1315
Settling tank 144, 731
Settling velocity 14
Sewage 346, 731
Sewage lagoon 738
Sewage works 348, 729
Sewer flushing 1182
Sexually transmitted disease 173
Shigella 359
Ship classification 667
Sickness 377
Sievert 627
Signal conditioning 543
Silica 392
Silt 1018
Site Implementation Plan 74
Site plan 991
Size reduction 354
Slime molds 792
Slow sand filter 1316
Sludge 145, 531, 733
Sludge digestion 733
Smelting 106
Smoking 276
SMR—see Standardised Mortality
(Morbidity) Ratio
Snow 1
Snow, John 369
Snowmelt 469
Soap 106
Social environment 1036
Socioeconomic 997
Sodium carbonate 106
Soil 244, 945
Soil vapor extraction 456
Soil washing 455
Solar energy 257, 296
Solar power 317
Solar radiation 257
Solar still 200
Solid waste 186, 308, 334, 352, 409, 642
Solubility equilibria 1260
Sorbing agents 804
Sorption 397
Sound 329, 769
Sound level meter 770
Source 60, 70, 1162
Source inventory 1164
Source reduction 663
Sources and sinks 715
Sovereign immunity 595
SOx—see Sulfur oxides
Spacecraft 262, 1137
Space heating 299
Space station 1092
Spatial Data Transfer Standard 426Specific energy 1280
Spectroscopy 543
Spent fuel processing 630
Spirochete 686
Sporocide 224
Springs 347, 1004, 1312
Stabilizers 273
Stack emissions 167
Stack sampling 1094
Stack test report 1097
Standard deviation 15, 61
Standard Methods 727
Standardised Mortality (Morbidity)
Ratio 371, 386
Standardized tests 1030
Standard setting statutes 362
Standing crop 113, 253
Stationary sources 79, 303, 749
Statistical methods 1123
Statistical techniques 465
STD—see Sexually transmitted disease
Step aeration 147
Sterilization 224
Stimulus 1128
Stochastic process 1134
Storage 1185
STORET 541
Stratification 385, 611
Stratosphere 128
Streamflow 476, 1064
Streeter-Phelps equation 729
Stressing factor 1148
Substrate 139, 185
Sulfate 8, 197
Sulfur 1113
Sulfur dioxide 30, 52, 71, 83, 120, 125,
303, 409, 992, 1016, 1107
Sulfuric acid 1109
Sulfur oxides 29, 71, 84
Sulfur removal 411
Sulfur trioxide 1210
Sun 312
Superchlorination 1325
Supercritical water oxidation 1031
Superfund 363, 459
Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (US) 459
Supersonic transport 69
Surface active agents 234
Surface area 729
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act (US) 364
Surface water 343
Surfactant 457
Survival rates 373
Survival time 1147
Survivor curves 225
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