Hybrid Nature: Sewage Treatment and the Contradictions of the Industrial Ecosystem

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Hybrid Nature Urban and Industrial Environments Series editor: Robert Gottlieb, Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College For a complete list of books published in this series, please see the back of the book. Hybrid Nature Sewage Treatment and the Contradictions of the Industrial Ecosystem Daniel Schneider The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. For information about special quantity discounts, please email special_sales@mitpress.mit.edu. This book was set in Sabon by Graphic Composition, Inc., Bogart, Georgia. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schneider, Daniel, 1959– Hybrid nature : sewage treatment and the contradictions of the industrial ecosystem / Daniel Schneider. p. cm. — (Urban and industrial environments) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-01644-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-262-51638-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Sewage—Purification—Biological treatment—History. 2. Industrial ecology—Philosophy. 3. Contradiction. I. Title. TD755.S287 2011 628.3—dc22 2011009079 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Jacob and Rosie ...