sewage

Discusses the environmental issue of waste management and how to create a sustainable way of living.

Discusses why we need sanitation and the journey our waste and used water takes through the pipes.

"A boy washing the dishes wonders where the water goes, and the story follows water drops as they travel through the city sewer system, treatment plant, and back again"--Provided by publisher.

Examines what wastewater is, how public water systems work to filter and cleanse wastewater, and how individuals can reduce the amount of wastewater they create.

"Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a wastewater engineer. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this career, in the framework of the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) movement. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included."--.

Focuses on the topic, human waste, offering a variety of perspectives, eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more to illuminate the issue.

Describes ways that societies all over the world deal--and do not deal--with human waste, and covers the sewers of Paris, London, and New York City; examines the public toilets in India, China's biogas digesters, third world sanitation movements, the U.S. military laser elimination methods, and more.

Describes the history of sewage treatment and discusses wastewater treatment plants, rats that live in sewers, and other related topics.

Examines all kinds of waste, including commercial, industrial, toxic, and radioactive waste, and discusses the problems and possible solutions connected with the existence and management of such pollutants.