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Water Quality & Treatment : A Handbook on Drinking Water, 6th Edition

Title: Water Quality & Treatment : A Handbook on Drinking Water, 6th Edition
Author: James Edzwald
ISBN: 0071630112 / 9780071630115
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 1696
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Year: 2011
Availability: 45-60 days

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The definitive water quality and treatment resource-fully revised and updated

Comprehensive, current, and written by leading experts, Water Quality & Treatment : A Handbook on Drinking Water, Sixth Edition covers state-of-the-art technologies and methods for water treatment and quality control. Significant revisions and new material in this edition reflect the latest advances and critical topics in water supply and treatment. Presented by the American Water Works Association, this is the leading source of authoritative information on drinking water quality and treatment.

NEW CHAPTERS ON :

• Chemical principles, source water composition, and watershed protection
• Natural treatment systems
• Water reuse for drinking water augmentation
• Ultraviolet light processes
• Formation and control of disinfection by-products

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DETAILED COVERAGE OF :

• Drinking water standards, regulations, goals, and health effects
• Hydraulic characteristics of water treatment reactors
• Gas-liquid processes and chemical oxidation
• Coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, and flotation
• Granular media and membrane filtration
• Ion exchange and adsorption of inorganic contaminants
• Precipitation, coprecipitation, and precipitative softening
• Adsorption of organic compounds by activated carbon
• Chemical disinfection
• Internal corrosion and deposition control
• Microbiological quality control in distribution systems
• Water treatment plant residuals management

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About the Editior
Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 : Drinking Water Quality Standards, Regulations, and Goals
Chapter 2 : Health and Aesthetic Aspects of Drinking Water
Chapter 3 : Chemical Principles, Source Water Composition, and Watershed Protection
Chapter 4 : Hydraulic Characteristics of Water Treatment Reactors
Chapter 5 : Overview of Water Treatment Processes
Chapter 6 : Gas-Liquid Processes: Principles and Applications
Chapter 7 : Chemical Oxidation
Chapter 8 : Coagulation and Focculation
Chapter 9 : Sedimentation and Flotation
Chapter 10 : Granular Media Filtration
Chapter 11 : Membranes
Chapter 12 : Ion Exchange and Adsorption of Inorganic Contaminants
Chapter 13 : Precipitation, Coprecipitation, and Precipitative Softening
Chapter 14 : Adsorption of Organic Compounds
Chapter 15 : Natural Treatment Systems
Chapter 16 : Water Reuse for Drinking Water Augmentation
Chapter 17 : Chemical Disinfection
Chapter 18 : Ultraviolet Light Processes
Chapter 19 : Formation and Control or Disinfection By-Products
Chapter 20 : Internal Corrosion and Deposition Control
Chapter 21 : Microbiology Quality Control in Distribution Systems
Chapter 22 : Water Treatment Residuals Management

Appendix A : Chemical Elements
Appendix B : Usefu; Constants
Appendix C : Conversion Factors
Appendix D : Properties of Water and Gases
Index

 

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