Water Supply /
This new edition of a classic text has been significantly expanded to cover the most current issues and international standards are examined in-depth, with detailed coverage of WHO, European, UK and US standards, organisations and practice. Written with the postgraduate and professional water engine...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Butterworth-Heinemann,
2000
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| Edition: | 5th |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Water Supply; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Contributing authors, reviewers and advisors; Abbreviations used in bibliographies; Chapter 1. Public water supply requirement and its measurement; Chapter 2. The organisation and financing of public water supplies; Chapter 3. Hydrology and surface supplies; Part I
- Hydrological considerations; Part II
- Yield of surface sources; Chapter 4. Groundwater supplies; Chapter 5. Dams, impounding reservoirs and river intakes; Chapter 6. Chemistry, microbiology and biology of water.
- Part I
- Significant chemicals and physico-chemical parameters in waterPart II
- Water quality standards for chemical and physical parameters; Part III
- Water microbiology; Part IV
- Water biology; Part V
- New and emerging issues; Chapter 7. Storage, clarification and filtration of water; Part I
- Storage, screening, sedimentation and clarification; Part II
- Water filtration methods and sludge disposal; Chapter 8. Specialised and advanced water treatment processes; Chapter 9. Disinfection of water; Chapter 10. Hydraulics; Chapter 11. Service reservoirs.
- Chapter 12. Pumping plant: electrical, control and instrumentation systemsChapter 13. Pipes, pipeline construction and valves; Chapter 14. Pipeline and distribution system design and analysis; Chapter 15. Distribution practice; Conversion factors; Index; Plate Section.
