''Aqueous Wastes from Petroleum and Petrochemical Plants'' is a book about the composition and treatment of the various

wastewater Wastewater is water generated after the use of freshwater, raw water, drinking water or saline water in a variety of deliberate applications or processes. Another definition of wastewater is "Used water from any combination of domestic, industrial ...

streams produced in the

hydrocarbon In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons are examples of group 14 hydrides. Hydrocarbons are generally colourless and hydrophobic, and their odors are usually weak or ...

processing industries (i.e., oil refineries,

petrochemical plant The petrochemical industry is concerned with the production and trade of petrochemicals. A major part is constituted by the plastics (polymer) industry. It directly interfaces with the petroleum industry, especially the downstream sector. Compan ...

s and natural gas processing plants). When it was published in 1967, it was the first book devoted to that subject. The book is notable for being the first technical publication of a method for the rigorous tray-by-tray design of steam distillation towers for removing hydrogen sulfide from oil refinery wastewaters. Such towers are commonly referred to as sour water strippers. The design method was also presented at a World Petroleum Congress Meeting shortly after the book was published.Beychok, M.R., ''The Design of Sour Water Strippers'', Individual Paper 61, Proceedings of Seventh World Petroleum Congress, Mexico City, April 1967 The subjects covered in the book include wastewater

pollutants A pollutant or novel entity is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesired effects, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource. These can be both naturally forming (i.e. minerals or extracted compounds like o ...

and the pertinent governmental regulations, oil refinery and petrochemical plant wastewater effluents, treatment methods, miscellaneous effluents, data on the cost of various wastewater treatment methods, and an extensive reference list.

Availability in libraries

The book became a classic in its field and is available in major university, public and industrial libraries worldwide. The book has no ISBN because they were not in use in 1967. The

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catalog number (LCCN) is 67019834 and the

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system number is 012759691. It is no longer in print, but photocopies can be obtained from the ProQuest Company's ''Books On Demand'' service.

Book reviews

One of the book reviews is that of Dr. Nelson V. Nemerow, a Civil Engineering professor at the Syracuse University in New York state, published in 1968 in the

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's journal ''Environmental Science and Technology''.BOOKSHELF:''Compleat aqueous waste control guide''
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