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Microeconomics: Theory of Production

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Environmental Systems Engineering and Economics

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Wastewater treatment plant design and the control of regional groundwater quality are examples of environmental systems engineering problems. The design of the unit processes of a wastewater treatment plant is based on the control and transformation of an influent waste flow, a water quality resource. The management of groundwater quality is essentially a resource management problem involving both the water supply and the water quality (the assimilative capacity) of the aquifer system.

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  1. Department of Environmental Resources Engineering, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, USA

    Robert Willis & Brad A. Finney

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Willis, R., Finney, B.A. (2004). Microeconomics: Theory of Production. In: Environmental Systems Engineering and Economics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0479-5_3

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