pH electrodes. Bulletin describes economical replacements for process pH electrodes. Many types and applications. Ask for Bulletin 400. Sensorex 185
Leak detector. Data sheet describes Model XLT-20 Leak Detector for wide range of pipe diameters and types. Pinpoints leaks. Fisher Research La bora t or y 186 Gas analyzer calibration. Brochure describes “Dynauditor,” a master calibration system for any type of gas analyzer, including those for NO*, C O , ozone, SOz, and other air pollutants. Metronics Associates, Inc. 187
Environmental literature. Information is available concerning new search service through all worldwide sources for environmental literature available. WAPORA, Inc. 190
Wastewater projects. Brochure details 8 successful land treatment projects for disposal of wastewater, both municipal and industrial. Innovative designs. Land Treatment Division, Lockwood Corp. 195
Ventilator. Model 062 catalog describes redesigned Model 062 roof ventilator. Industrial Air, Inc. 191
Liquid monitoring. Catalog describes Monitek liquid monitoring instruments, nephelometers (EPA-approved), pH meters, sludge blanket detectors, and related equipment. Monitek, Inc. 196
HzS monitoring. Brochure describes continuous monitoring systems for hydrogen sulfide (HzS). Several configurations available. Bacharach Instrument Co. 192
Pesticides. “Pesticides, No. 79” lists over 400 purified pesticides the firm offers, and lists their standards. Chem Service 188
Organic pollutants. Publication 5952-5777 (Technical Paper 69) discusses high-resolution gas chromatography for identifying organic pollutants in water. Mixtures can be resolved into components. HewlettPackard 193
Opacity monitor. Brochure VE-500- 1 lists visible emission opacity monitor with analog and digital display. Andersen Samplers Inc. 189
Air pollution control. Brochure discusses air pollution control for the glass industry, and gives a case history. United McGill Corp. 194
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Drinking water. How safe? “Can I Drink This Water?” Freshwater Society, Box 90, Navarre, M N 55392 (write direct). Waste management terminology. Glossary available. IU Conversion Systems, Inc., 1 1 5 Gibraltar Road, Horsham, PA 19044 (write direct). Satellite monitoring. USGS Circular 803. USGS Branch of Distribution, I200 South Eads St., Arlington, VA 22202 (write direct). National Energy Plan. 11. May 1979. Report to Congress. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC 20585 (write direct’,. Spent fuel storage. “Federal Facilities for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel-Are They Needed?” EMD-79-82. U S . General Accounting Office, Washington, DC 20548 (write direct). Air pollution control. Brochure, “Publications of APCA.” Publications Dept., Air Pollution Control Association, P.O. Box 2861, Pittsburgh, PA 15230 (write direct).
Analysis cost: water. Study considers thcse costs for priority pollutant analysis. Compares G C / M S and G C . Finnigan Instruments, 845 W. Maude Ave., Sunnyvale. CA 94086 (write direct). Fuel cells. Brochure talks about fuel cell power. Barry Sulpor, Electric Power Research Institute, P.O. Box 10412, Palo Alto, CA 94303 (write direct). Innovation problems. Statement explains, among other things, how regulatory excesses stifle industri,‘I I innovation. Industrial Research Institute. lnc., 100 Park Ave., Suite 2109, N e w York, NY 10017 (brite direct). ’
Air Pollution Control. Howard E. Hesketh. xii ,369 pages. Ann Arbor Science Publishers Inc., P.O. Box 1425, Ann Arbor, M I 48106. 1979. $30, hard cover. The aim of this book is to provide theory and application data, as related to air pollution control. Emission products from energy sources a r e discussed, as well as particulate control mechanisms, gas control mechanisms, control devices, and control systems.
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Chemical Industries Information Sources. Theodore P. Peck. xxi 595 pages. Gale Research Co., Book Tower, Detroit, MI 48226. 1979. $22, hard cover. Professional societies, research centers, nuclear engineering, toxicology, and many other fields are covered in this comprehensive guide. Bibliographies are also included, as are ‘‘live’’ sources of information in the public and private sectors.
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Village Homes’ Solar House Designs. David Bainbridge et al. 188 pages. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 18049. 1979. $6.95, paper. Village Homes is an organization that developed a solar subdivision consisting of 43 homes affordable by middle-class farnilies. Design and solar features allow these homes to use about 50% less energy than like homes would. The prqject is at Davis, CA. Photographs, illustrations, and plans are generously included. Nevertheless, homes were built with standard construction techniques, contractors, and materials. The Beaches Are Moving: The Drowning of America’s Shoreline. Wallace Kaufman, Orrin Pilkey. viii 326 pages. Anchor Press/Doubleday 6i Co., Inc., 245 Park Ave., New York, N Y 10017. 1979. $10.95, hard cover. Imagine the specter of very near4hore homes and hotels falling into the ocean. This is not impossible, because the sea level is dowly rising, and, in addition, storms do their share in eating the ground c u t from under these 4tructures. Certain steps must be taken to protect America‘s beaches, and this book outlines what needs to be done,
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The Global Carbon Cycle. Scope 13. B. Bolin et al. 49 1 pages. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, N Y 10016. 1979. $45, paper. What is the fate of carbon? Of carbon dioxide? Of carbonates and organic carbon? This book, an outgrowth of a conference held at Ratzeburg, W. Germany, covers carbon from biomass production, through atmospheric CO2, effects of man, marine and freshwater cycles, and many other sources, pathways, and sinks.
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The Amazing Earthworm. Lilo Hess. 48 pages. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 597 Fifth Ave., New York, N Y 10017. 1979. $1.95, hard cover. Many see the earthworm as a humble, unappetizing creature. Yet, it is a very necessary part of the soil ecology, for it aerates the soil, and indeed, provides fertilizer at no cost, and with no effects of any artificial chemicals. Moreover, believe it or not, the earthworm can be a source of income; indeed, there are organizations that culture and sell them to gardeners. Planning the Total Landscape: A Guide to Intelligent Land Use. Julius Cy. Fabos. xviii 181 pages. Westview Press, 5800 Central Ave., Boulder, C O 8030 I . 1979. $16, hard cover. Urbanization is very rapid these days, and it can play hob with the land. This book identifies and explains ways to minimize potential undesirable effects of land development. These ways can include modern techniques, such as remote sensing, statistical analysis, and computer technology. The holistic, landscape approach, and the parametric approach are also covered in grcat detail.
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The River Basin: An Introduction to the Study of Hydrology. David Ingle Smith, Peter Stopp. viii 120 pages. Cambridge University Press, 32 E. 57th St., New York, N Y 10022. 1979. $13.95, hard cover; $5.95, paper. This book is a text which explains the water cycle. River flow is stressed, but soil moisture, evapotranspiration, channel flow, and other pertinent topics are discussed. Field work techniques are also explained, and many examples are included.
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Pollution, Politics, and International Law: Tankers at Sea. R. Michael M’Gonigle, Mark W. Zacher. Foreword by Maurice F. Strong. 41 6 pages. University of California Press, 2223 Fulton St., Berkeley, CA 94720. 1979. $ 1 5.95. Remember the names Torrey Canyon, Argo Merchant, and Amoco Cadiz (with more names to be added!)? These involved environmental disasters tied into oil. This book covers such international oil spills, and discusses economic, political, and legal forces that will determine the progress of devising international conventions for marine protection.
The California Water Atlas. William L. Kahrl, Ed. 124 pages. William Kaufmann, Inc., One First St., Los Altos, C A 94022. 1979. $37.50, hard cover. Water is a most precious commodity in California. Where is it to be found? I n what geological formations? With what composition? How is it transported? This atlas answers those, and more questions with many maps, photqgraphs, charts, and satellite images, which cover the state.
Pollution Prevention Pays. Michael G. Royston. 200 pages. Pergamon Press Inc., Fairview Park, Elmsford, N Y 10523. 1979. $20, hard cover; $7, flexi cover. This book examines how, by taking the initiative in environmental protection, industries can profit, grow, and survive, as well as perform a valuable community service. It examines nonwaste technology, why technocrats fail, how enterprises can act, and where to go from there. Permission to use the book’s title, first used to name a program by Joseph Ling of 3M (ES&T, March 1977, p 234), was accorded to the author by that firm.
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The International Guide to Hazardous Materials. Hazardous Materials Publishing Co., 320 West Main St., Kutztown, PA 19530. 1979. $1 25. Any who plan to transport hazardous materials ( H A Z M A T ) must be familiar with a whole battery of laws and regulations relating to air transport, water transport, rail and trucks, EPA, correct labels and warning signs, and other matters. The first guide to H A Z M A T rules will come out next
new books from MIT on
energy and environment The Structure of World Energy Demand by Robert S. Pindyck $20.00 The World Energy Book An A-Z, Atlas and Statistical Sourcebook edited by David Crabbe and Richard McBride $12.50, paper Energy and Economic Growth in the United States by Edward L. Allen $20.00
Electric Power in the United States Models and Policy Analysis by Martin L. Baughman, Paul L. Joskow, and Dilip P. Kamat $29.95 Economic and Environmental Impacts of a U.S. Nuclear Moratorium 1985-2010 Second edition by members of the lnstitute for Energy Analysis edited by Alvin M. WeinQerg, $17.50 World Dynamics Second edition by Jay W. Forrester $13.00; $7.95, paperback
Urban Air Pollution Modeling by Michael M. Benarie $45.00 Ecosystem Succession: A General Hypothesis and a Test Model of a Grassland by Luis T. Gutierrez and Willard R. Fey $25.00 Exotic Species in Mariculture edited by Roger Mann $17.50
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The State of the Environment in OECD Member Countries. 176 pages. OECD Publications and Information Center, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20006. 1979. $10. This book traces changes in environmental quality in OECD countries over the past 10 years of action toward cleanup. Air, water, wildlife, land, chemical substances, and noise are covered. Control of Specific (Toxic) Pollutants. 5 14 pages. Publications Department, Air Pollution Control Association, P.O. Box 286 I , Pittsburgh, PA 15230. 1979. $18.75 ($15 for APCA members), hard cover. This volume contains 38 papers that discuss legal frameworks for toxic substances. They also present the state-of-the-art in measurement of specific pollutants, and discuss case histories concerning measurement and control. Materials and Energy From Municipal Waste. Office of Technology Assessment. Stock No. 052-003-00692-9. SuDerintendent of Documents. U S . Gdvernment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. 1979. $6. Perhaps the answer to resource recovery facility problems is to have them run by local governments on a smaller scale, rather than to establish large, centralized plants of, say, 3000-tpd capacity. Maybe 50-200 tpd, to 1000- 1500 tpd could be more rational, and keep costs down. Also, there could be many markets for recycled municipal wastes on a more local /regional basis. However, centraliied plants may work better where landfill, energy, and tipping fee costs are high, the OTA report says. OSHA General Industry Standards. Stock KO.029-0 15-00054-6. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. 1979. $6.50, paper. These standards are published pursuant to Part 19!0, Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations. They comprise a reprinting, which gives effect to a deletion of nearly I000 trivial or “nit-picking” rules. All standards, cxcept the lead standard, are covered.
Coal Liquefaction and Gasification Fact Finder. Periodical. The Mcllvaine Company, 2970 Maria Ave., Northbrook. I L 60062. 1979. Comulete service, and Fact Finder, $390jyear.
This service covers the whole field of synthetic fuels from coal. It looks into contracts, costs, equipment suppliers, engineering data, government activities, and research/development in the US.,and other countries.
AAZPA Manual of Federal Wildlife Regulations. Clyde A. Hill et al. 750 pages. American Association of Zoological Park and Aquariums, Oglebay Park, Wheeling, WV 26003. 1979. $70 (+$2 for postage/handling), looseleaf. This comprehensive work covers rare and endangered species, as well as species that can carry diseases or present threats otherwise. Procedures for handling these species are outlined step by step. Legislation is fully covered. The purchase price includes supplements for one year after the manual’s release. Trace Organic ,4nalysis: A New Frontier in Analytical Chemistry. Harry S. Hertz, Stephen N . Cheder. 788 pages. N T l S No. NBS-SP-519. National Technical Information Service, Springfield, V A 22 16 I . 1979. $14. This National Bureau of Standards ( N BS) publication contains papers that explain performance of analyses for minute quantities of organic compounds in various matrices. They cover sampling, analytical systems, poilutants/metabolites in the ecosystem, and many other related topics.
Modern Pollution Control Technology. 2 vols., 2080 pages, total. Research and Education Association, 342 Madison Ave., New York, N Y 10017. 1979. $39.75. These volumes draw on research work from many sources, public and private. They examine air and water pollution control, and solid waste, with information presented in fully integrated form, rather than as a collection of papers. Among topics covered are monitoring, tall stacks, SO,, sludge thickening, incineration, ocean dumping, and composting. Many other subjects are discussed, as well. Utilization of Municipal Sewage Effluent and Sludge on Forest and Disturbed Land. William E. Sopper, Sonja N . Kerr, Eds. 44 chapters. The PENN S T A T E Press, 21 5 Wagner Building, University Park, PA 16802. 1979. $20. This volume summarizes the knowledge concerning economic and environmental impacts of recycling treated municipal wastewater and sludge to forest ecosystems. It also discusses using sludge to revegetate lands disturbed by surface mining of coal. The work is especially timely, because land applications may well be increasingly used as the final sink of wastewater and sludge.
Synfuels Week. Periodical. Synfuels Week, 653 National Press Building, Washington, DC 20045. $197 for a full year. Will the synfuels program get bogged down, or will it “fly” and compete with imported oil? Will Congress go along with loan guarantees‘? What is the project status‘? This periodical answers these, and other questions about synfuels from coal, shale, and other sources.
The Prevention of Oil Pollution. John Wardley-Smith. 250 pages. Halsted Press, 605 Third Ave., New York, N Y 10016. 1979. $39.95. Oil pollution, while very significant in water, can also adversely affect land and air. This book addresses the best methods currently available for dealing with oil pollution of all media. The author is the former technical manager of the International Tanker Owners’ Pollution Federation.
Land Application of Wastes. R. Loehr et al. 2 vols., 800 pages, total. Van Yostrand Reinhold, 135 W. 50th St., New York, N Y 10020. 1979. $42.45, total price. ;More and more, land may have to bc the ultimate repository for wastes that have, of course, been treated in manners prescribed by environmental regulations and standards. I n fact, certain aspects of land application are classified as “innovative and alternative” under the Clean Water Act. These volumes survey the entire range of this approach to waste disposal, including the latest engineering techniques.
Recycling and Non-Waste Technology 1979. 222 pages. Rossi-Nayve Consultancy Services, Inc., P.O. Box 21 27, MCC, Makati, Rizal, Philippines. 1979. $30, hard cover. I n countries such as the Philippines, there is great incentive for non-waste, and efficient recycling technology. This book covers such technologies for agricultural, chemical, fishery, textile, and many other wastes, and is of special interest to development authorities, and those who must work with them. This book is intended as a base for a yearbook series to begin next year .
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