1380 INDEX
MPN—see Most Probable Number
MSDS—see Material safety data sheet
MSG—see Monosodium glutamate
MSW—see Municipal solid waste
Multicellular cyclone 836
Multicomponent system 271
Multiflotation 1244
Multimedia filtration 978
Multiple correlation 1234
Multiple-effect distillation 202
Multiple-effect evaporator 201
Multiple Mineral Development
Act (US) 366
Multiple-Use and Sustained Yield Act
(US) 366
Multispectral scanner 1061
Multistage flash distillation 207
Multivariate analysis of variance 1131
Municipal hearings 326
Municipal solid waste 186
Municipal wastewater 728
Mutagenic effects 278
Mutation 278NAAQS—see National Ambient
Air Quality Standards
NADP/NTN—see National Atmospheric
Deposition Program/National Trends
Network
NAPCA—see National Air Pollution
Control Administration
Nasopharynx 30
National Air Pollution Control
Administration (US) 301
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (US) 119, 747, 992
National Atmospheric Deposition
Program/National Trends
Network 3
National Council on Radiation
Protection 785
National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants 73
National Environmental Policy Act
(US) 325, 381, 591, 993
National Forest Management Act
(US) 386
National Historic Preservation Act
(US) 365, 992
National Land Use Policy Act (US) 598
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (US) 366
National Park Service 366
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (US) 526
National Research Council 11
Natural gas 312, 417
Natural Resources Defense Council 29Natural systems 738
Navier Stokes equation 795, 1284
NCRP—see National Council on
Radiation Protection
Nekton 389
NEPA—see National Environmental
Policy Act (US)
Nephelometric 554
NESHAP—National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Net reproduction 375
Neutralization 973
New Source Performance
Standards 72, 1002
Nickel 91
NIMBY—see Not in my backyard
Nitrate 5, 154, 343, 392
Nitric acid 102, 1229
Nitric oxide 37, 54, 72, 80, 124
Nitriloacetic acid 272
Nitrite 395
Nitrobacter 154
Nitrogen 395
Nitrogen dioxide 29, 73, 89, 119
Nitrogenous biochemical oxygen
demand 727
Nitrogen oxides 73, 304, 405, 746,
1103
Nitrogen removal 397, 743
Nitrosamine 271
Nitrosomas 154
Nitrous oxide 86
NMHC—see Non-methane hydrocarbon
compound
NOAA—see National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
Nobel Prize 127
Noise 308, 353, 769, 997
Nominal group technique 327
Non-dispersive infrared analyzer 1110
Non-ionizing radiation 779
Non-methane hydrocarbon
compound 999
Noordwijk Declaration 1145
Normal distribution 15, 61, 1125, 1165
Not in my backyard 1058
NOx—see Nitrogen oxides
NPDES—see National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System
NRDC—see Natural Resources Defense
Council
NSPS—see New Source Performance
Standards
NTA—see Nitriloacetic acid
Nuclear power 295
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 362
Nuisance 605
Nuisance plants 621Nutrient removal 152
Nutrients 113, 263, 272, 410, 615Occupational disease 375
Occupational health 334
Occupational mortality 371
Occupational Safety and Health Act
(US) 382
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (US) 277, 361, 778
Ocean 1, 195, 429, 790, 803, 961, 1277
Ocean circulation 792
Ocean climate 428
Ocean currents 796, 1291
Oceanography 790
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion 199
Odors 707
Office of Technology Assessment 271,
459
Ohio River Sanitation Commission 729
Oil 392
Oil Pollution Act (US) 364
Oil spillage 802
Oncogenic 963
Opacity monitor 48, 818
Open channel flow 1276
Open dump 353, 641
Operant conditioning 1029
Organic acids 13, 127
Organic reactivity 122
Organic pollutants 71
ORP—see Oxidation-reduction potential
ORSANCO—see Ohio River Sanitation
Commission
Orsat analyzer 1103
OSHA—see Occupational safety and
Health Administration (US)
Osmonic methods 198
OTA—see Office of Technology
Assessment
OTEC—see Ocean Thermal Energy
Conversion
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
(US) 366
Oxidation 457
Oxidation pond 735
Oxidation-reduction potential 564
Oxidative processes 984
Oxides of nitrogen 271, 701, 993, 1211
Oxygen 113
Oxygenate 77, 278
Oxygen balance 396
Oxygen deficit 730
Oxygen demanding wastes 447
Oxygen enhancement 456
Oxygen sag 730
Oxyhemoglobin 33
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