Environmental Health Engineering in the Tropics

This fully updated third edition of this classic text, widely cited as the most important and useful book for health engineering and disease prevention, describes infectious diseases in tropical and developing countries, and the measures that may be used effectively against them.

Part I: Health and Pollution 1. Engineering and Infectious Disease 2. Health and Water Chemistry 3. Water Quality and Standards Part II: Water Supply 4. Water Supplies in Low and Middle Income Countries 5. Rural Water Supply 6. Urban Water Supply and Water Treatment Part III: Excreta and Refuse: Treatment, Disposal and Re-use 7. Excreta Disposal in Low and Middle Income Countries 8. Types of Excreta Disposal System 9. Planning a sanitation programme 10. Waste Water Treatment 11. Surface Water Drainage 12. Solid Waste Management 13. Composting 14. Health Aspects of Waste Use Part IV: Environmental Modifications and Vector-borne diseases 15. Engineering Control of Insect-borne Diseases 16. Dams, Irrigation and Health 17. Schistosomiasis Appendices