陈志强、温沁雪主编的《市政工程专业英语》分为两部分，第一部分为水资源、水质和给水处理技术，主要包括水资源、水质、水质管理、供水及常用的给水处理技术等；第二部分为水污染与污水处理技术，主要包括地表水污染、地下水污染、污水收集、污水处理传质理论、污水处理技术及微生物学基础等。本书的特点是：(1)选材广泛，均为专业中所涉及到的最新内容和最常用的资料及数据；(2)难易适中，所选文体均经过处理，并能适应在校大学生实际英语水平；(3)专业性强，所选文体专业学术水平高，在安排文献章节时参照了专业课“水质科学与工程”的有关内容，可以使学生较早地了解专业知识；(4)信息量大，全书共29篇，每篇均有2部分阅读材料，可以使学生通过阅读获取与专业相关的科技信息。

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《市政工程专业英语》可作为高等学校给水排水专业、水文水资源专业和环境工程专业本、专科生专业英语教材或课外专业英语阅读材料，也可为从事相关志业的工程技术人员获取相关的科技信息提供参考。

PART ONE

Unit 1 Hydrologic Cycle

 Reading Material A The Water Balance

 Reading Material B Protecting Water Resources

Unit 2 Drinking Water Quality

 Reading Material A Existing Deficiencies in Water Supplies

 Reading Material B Quality of Ground Water

Unit 3 Water Analyis

 Reading Material A Water Problems

 Reading Material B Surface Water Quality in Texas

Unit 4 Public Water Supply System

 Reading Material A Public Water Supply System Regulatlons

 Reading Material B Ground Water Movement

Unit 5 Assesmaent of the Drinking Water Supply

 Reading Material A Drinking Water Quality Management

 Reading Material B The Effects of Urbanization on Water Quality

Unit6 Pumps and Pumping Stations

 Reading Material A Pumps

 Reading Material B Water-supply Engineering

Unit 7 Water Supply System

 Reading Material A Distribution Systems

 Reading Material B Dual Water Distribution

Unit 8 Home Plurnbing System

 Reading Material A Plumbing

 Reading Material B Sewage System

Unit 9 Water Treatment Processes

 Reading Material A The History of Drinking Water Treatment

 Reading Material B Storm Water

Unit 10 Mixing

 Reading Material A CoaguLation and Floeeulatlon

 Reading Material B Optimizing Coagulation

Unit 11 Coagulation and Flocculation

 Reading Material A Theories of Coagulation

 Reading Material B Water Treatment Chemicals

Unit 12 Sedimentation

 Reading Material A Groundwater Quality

 Reading Material B Pre-sedimentation and Sedimentation

Unit 13 Filtration and Filter Types

 Reading Material A Direct Filtration

 Reading Material B Filter Backwashing

Unit 14 Disinfection

 Reading Material A Comparing Alternative Disinfection Methods

 Reading Material B Disinfection By-products

Unit 15 Chemical Precipitation Softening

 Reading Material A Recarbonation

 Reading Material B Ion-exchange Softening

PART TWO

Unit 16 Surface Water Pollution

 Reading Material A Ground Water Contamination

 Reading Material B Cause and Sources of Surface Water Pollution

Unit 17 Constituents in Wastewater

 Reading Material A Impact of Regulations on Wastewater Engineering

 Reading Material B Health and Environmental Concerns in Wastewater Management

Unit 18 Wastewater Collection

 Reading Material A Past and Present of U.S. Wastewater Treatment

 Reading Material B Wastewater Collection System

Unit 19 Reactors Used for the Treatment of Wastewater

 Reading Material A Treatment Processes Involving Mass Transfer

 Reading Material B Wastewater Treatment

Unit 20 Flotation

 Reading Material A Primary Sedimentation

 Reading Material B Grit Removal System

Unit 21 Chemical Oxidation

 Reading Material A Types of Mixers Used for Continuous Mixing in Wastewater Treatment

 Reading Material B Chemical Precipitation for Phosphorus Removal

Unit 22 Wastewater Biological Treatment Processes

 Reading Material A Modification to Existing Processes

 Reading Material B Sludge Treatment

Unit 23 Microbes as Chemical Machine

 Reading Material A Introduetiun of Sewage Treatment

 Reading Material B Biological Treatment System

Unit 24 Nitrification and Denitrification

 Reading Material A Nitrification and Denitrifieation Processes

 Reading Material B Biological Phosphorus Removal

Unit 25 Advanced Wastewater Treatment

 Reading Material A An Introduction of Depth Filtration

 Reading Material B Membrane Filtration Processes

Unit 26 Adsorption

 Reading Material A Ion Exchange

 Reading Material B Advanced Wastewater Treatment

Unit 27 Anaerobic Fermentation

 Reading Material A Wastewater Reuse

 Reading Material B Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Processes

Unit 28 Sludge Treatment Utilization and Disposal

 Reading Material A Soirces and Types of Solid Wastes

 Reading Material B Sludge Dewatering

Unit 29 Introduction to Microbiology

 Reading Material A Process Microbiology

 Reading Material B Advanced Wastewater Treatment

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