Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Front Cover -- Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction to wastewater microbiology: special emphasis on hospital wastewater -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 History of wastewater origin and treatment -- 1.2.1 Early history -- 1.2.2 Roman period -- 1.2.3 Sanitary dark age -- 1.2.4 Sanitary enlightenment -- 1.2.5 Age of stringent environmental standards -- 1.2.6 Evolution of sanitation process -- 1.3 History of microbiology and pathogens discovery -- 1.3.1 Waterborne outbreaks