Arthur Andersen LLP CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS To Air & Water Technologies Corporation: As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our report included in this Form 10-K into the Company's previously filed Registration Statement File No. 33-36327. ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Roseland, New Jersey January 23, 1997 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Air & Water Technologies Corporation's previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-36327) of our report, dated January 8, 1997 except for the first paragraph of Note 8 as to which the date is January 24, 1997, which appears on page 27 of this annual report on Form 10-K. McGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP New York, New York January 29, 1997