全书共分7部分31课，内容主要包括环境综述、大气污染与控制、废水与废水处理、固体废弃物与处置、噪声与噪声控制、环境化学和环境微生物。在选择文章方面注重介绍环境治理技术，使其适于环境科学与工程专业的学生学习使用；同时，也介绍了环境领域中的一些基本原理，特别是环境化学和环境微生物的相关内容，适于环境科学专业的学生学习。每课均由课文、难点词汇和延展阅读材料组成。为方便理解原文，读者可联系作者索取对应的中文翻译。
本书可供本科环境科学、环境工程或相关专业学生使用，也可供环境工程师或相关领域的科技人员参考使用。
PART ONE
INTRODUCTION OF ENVIRONMENT1
Unit 1 Introduction to Environmental Science1
Reading Material 1 Environmental Impact3
Unit 2 Environmental Science and Engineering5
Reading Material 2 Environmental Analysis8
Unit 3 Green Chemistry10
Reading Material 3 Sustainable Chemistry12
Unit 4 Global Warming13
Reading Material 4 Climate Change15
PART TWO
AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL18
Unit 5 A Brief History of the Air Pollution Problem18
Reading Material 5 Air Quality Analysis20
Unit 6 Motor Vehicles and Air Pollution21
Reading Material 6 Engine Control Factors for Local Emissions24
Unit 7 Carbon for the Removal of VOCs25
Reading Material 7 Collection Technologies26
Unit 8 Flue Gas Denitration Technology（Ⅰ）28
Reading Material 8 Flue Gas Denitration Technology（Ⅱ）30
Unit 9 SO2 Removal Technology31
Reading Material 9 Dry Desulfurization34
PART THREE
WASTEWATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT37
Unit 10 Wastewater Characteristics37
Reading Material 10 Removal of Phenol40
Unit 11 Wastewater Treatment Processes41
Reading Material 11 Examples of Treatment Plants44
Unit 12 of Activated Carbon in Wastewater Treatment45
Reading Material 12 Activated Carbon and Adsorption47
Unit 13 Membrane Separation Technologies49
Reading Material 13 An Overview of Membrane Processes52
Unit 14 Anaerobic Processes for Wastewater Treatment54
Reading Material 14 Sludge Characteristics and Treatment56
Unit 15 Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment58
Reading Material 15 Photochemical Synergistic Oxidation and Hydroxyl Radicals60
PART FOUR
SOLID WASTES AND DISPOSAL63
Unit 16 Waste Management63
Reading Material 16 Biological Treatment for Solid Wastes65
Unit 17 Volume Reduction Technologies67
Reading Material 17 Biosolids Technologies and Applications70
Unit 18 Materials Recovery and Recycling72
Reading Material 18 Storage and Collection75
Unit 19 Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste by Vermicompost76
Reading Material 19 Integrated Solid Waste Management Based on the 3R Approach79
PART FIVE
NOISE AND NOISE CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES81
Unit 20 Noise Sources in the City （Ⅰ）81
Reading Material 20 Noise Sources in the City （Ⅱ）83
Unit 21 Indices for Environmental Noise85
Reading Material 21 Vibration Analysis88
Unit 22 Noise Control89
Reading Material 22 Effects of Vibration on Humans91
Unit 23 Sound Absorbing Materials92
Reading Material 23 Some Specific Absorption Materials95
PART SIX
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY97
Unit 24 Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry97
Reading Material 24 Future Challenges of Green Chemistry99
Unit 25 Environmental Chemistry of Water Pollution100
Reading Material 25 Chemistry of Wastewater101
Unit 26 Atmosphere Environmental Chemistry102
Reading Material 26 Climate and Chemical Composition of the Atmosphere104
Unit 27 Soil Environmental Chemistry （Ⅰ）106
Reading Material 27 Soil Environmental Chemistry （Ⅱ）108
PART SEVEN
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY110
Unit 28 Introduction to Environmental Microbiology110
Reading Material 28 Environmental Microbiology112
Unit 29 Progress in Environmental Microbiology114
Reading Material 29 Introduction to Environmental Microbiology Research Progress116
Unit 30 Bacteria in Environment118
Reading Material 30 Introduction to the Bacteria120
Unit 31 Environmental Microbiology of Waste water System121
Reading Material 31 Aquatic Microorganisms123
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