Environmental Engineering FOURTH EDITION

478 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Manholes, 4,153-154,156-157,162-167
Manifest system for transport of solid
waste, 299-300,348
Manning formula, 122,158-162
Marsh gas. See Methane
Masking noise, 429
Mass curve, and reservoir calculation,

Material rscovery, 280-28 1,298-299
Materials Recovery Facility (MRF),

Maximum achievable control technology

Mean cell residence time, 190-194
Measurement of airborne particles,

Measurement of gaseous pollutants,

Measurement techniques
air pollution, 375-384

ambient air quality, 375

biochemical oxygen demand (BOD),

carbon monoxide in air, 379-380

coliforms, 99-102

color, taste, odors in water, 92

dissolved oxygen, 82-84

gases, 377-380

heavy metals in water, 102-103

ionizing radiation, 320-321

nitrogen in water, 97-99

noise pollution, 434436

organic compounds in water, 9 1,

particles in air, 375-377,382

pathogens in water, 99-102

phosphorous in water, 97-99

solids in water, 94-96

stack gases, 381

sulfur dioxide in air, 378-379

turbidity of water, 92

water quality, 81-106

techniques, ionizing radiation

116117

273,286

(MACT), 416,418

375-377

377-380

alkalinity, 94

84-90

dust, 375-377,382

103-104

pH, 92-93

Measuring radiation. See Measurement

Membrane filtration test (MF), 101-102
Mercury, 76-77,102-103

Mesophilic digestion, 213

Mesotrophic stage, 73

Metalimnion, 71-72

Meteorology, 351-355

Methane formers, 210-213

Methane. See also Natural gas, 59-60,91

landfills, 267-268,310

resource recovery, 243,288

sludge digestion, 210-213

solid waste disposal, 342

Methyl mercury, 76

Milorganite, 230

Minamata disease, 76

Mining

water pollution, 52,54,233,240

Mixed flow, 129

Mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS),

Mixed waste, 304-305

Mobile sources. See Control of vehicle

Monod model, 189,192

Moody's Investor Service, 26

Most probably number (MPN) test, 101

Mud valve, 140

Multi-attribute utility analysis, 23

Multiple hearth incinerator, 228-229,307

Municipal solid waste (MSW). See also

Solid waste, 25,251-261,269,276,

184-185,193-195,199

emissions

278-279,283-284,286292,415

National Ambient Air Quality Standards

(NAAQS), 407,414418

nonattainment, 407,415

National emission standards for hazardous

air pollutants (NESHAPs), 416

National Environmental Policy Act

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination

Natural gas. See also Methane, 59,211,

Net discharge head, 130

Net positive suction head (NPSH), 130

Neutral stability, of atmosphere, 356,358,

Neutralization, 135-136,298,331,349

New source performance standards

(NEPA), 9,13-14,24-25,29

System (NPDES), 243-244,343

306,328,400,403,407

364,367

(NSPS), 412,415417