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I have been privileged to have known several giants in the environmental field. Many of them have already passed on, but their contribution of time and effort to the field of environmental engineering cannot be overlooked. Standing on the shoulders of these giants has given me a platform to be able to look out at the field and write a series of environmental books on various topics, including this work. I wish to acknowledge their contributions to the field of environmental engineering at this point:

 Professor Richard S. Englebrecht, former head of the Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Illinois, Urbana, for encouragement to follow my dreams.

 Dr John Austin (U of I), for assistance at a difficult time in my academic career.

 Dr Benjamin Ewing (U of I), for invaluable advice on career selection.

 Dr V. T. Chow (U of I), for his body of work on open channel flow and hydrology.

And some really great bosses over the years:

 Leon Mattioli and Richard Sobel of Allied Chemical Specialty Chemicals Division, Claymont, DE, and Morristown, NJ.

 J. S. Lagarias, and Dr Louis McCabe of Resources Research, Inc. (Division of Hazelton Laboratories, Reston, VA).

 Dr Robert Irvine, PhD, rediscoverer of the Sequencing Batch Reactor.

 Dr Pieter VanRolleghem, mathematician, engineer, and creator of WEST software.

And some very dear friends and professional associates:

 Dr Charles Calmbacher, PhD, CIH

 David R. Vaughn, PE

 Dr Jeremy Dudley, PEng

 Thomas McGowan, PE

 Dr Donald Ray, PE

 Leroy Staska

Thank you all.

David L. Russell, PE

Lilburn, Georgia

Global Environmental Operations Inc.