Water Quality & Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking Water, Sixth Edition
by: American Water Works Association, James Edzwald
Abstract: 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.
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Table of Contents
- A. ABOUT THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION
- B. ABOUT THE EDITOR
- C. PREFACE
- D. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 1. DRINKING WATER STANDARDS, REGULATIONS, AND GOALS
- 2. HEALTH AND AESTHETIC ASPECTS OF DRINKING WATER
- 3. CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES, SOURCE WATER COMPOSITION, AND WATERSHED PROTECTION
- 4. HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER TREATMENT REACTORS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON TREATMENT EFFICIENCY
- 5. OVERVIEW OF WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES
- 6. GAS–LIQUID PROCESSES: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
- 7. CHEMICAL OXIDATION
- 8. COAGULATION AND FLOCCULATION
- 9. SEDIMENTATION AND FLOTATION
- 10. GRANULAR MEDIA FILTRATION
- 11. MEMBRANES
- 12. ION EXCHANGE AND ADSORPTION OF INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS
- 13. PRECIPITATION, COPRECIPITATION, AND PRECIPITATIVE SOFTENING
- 14. ADSORPTION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BY ACTIVATED CARBON
- 15. NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS
- 16. WATER REUSE FOR DRINKING WATER AUGMENTATION
- 17. CHEMICAL DISINFECTION
- 18. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT PROCESSES
- 19. FORMATION AND CONTROL OF DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS
- 20. INTERNAL CORROSION AND DEPOSITION CONTROL
- 21. MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
- 22. WATER TREATMENT PLANT RESIDUALS MANAGEMENT
- A. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
- B. USEFUL CONSTANTS
- C. CONVERSION FACTORS
- D. PROPERTIES OF WATER AND GASES
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- A. ABOUT THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION
- B. ABOUT THE EDITOR
- C. PREFACE
- D. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 1. DRINKING WATER STANDARDS, REGULATIONS, AND GOALS
- REGULATORY HISTORY PRIOR TO THE 1974 SDWA
- EVOLUTION OF THE SDWA
- THE RISK MANAGEMENT AND STANDARD-SETTING PROCESSES
- CURRENT DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS
- ROLE OF STATE AGENCIES
- PEER REVIEW, OUTSIDE CONSULTATION, AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
- OTHER COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
- OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE
- THE INTERNET AS A RESOURCE
- DISCLAIMER
- ABBREVIATIONS
- REFERENCES
- 2. HEALTH AND AESTHETIC ASPECTS OF DRINKING WATER
- WATERBORNE DISEASE
- PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS
- INDICATORS OF WATER QUALITY
- TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANTS
- RISK ASSESSMENT OF DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANTS
- INORGANIC CONSTITUENTS
- ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS
- DISINFECTANTS AND DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS
- RADIONUCLIDES
- AESTHETIC QUALITY
- PREPAREDNESS AND HEALTH
- FINAL COMMENT
- INTERNET RESOURCES
- ABBREVIATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
- 3. CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES, SOURCE WATER COMPOSITION, AND WATERSHED PROTECTION
- 4. HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER TREATMENT REACTORS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON TREATMENT EFFICIENCY
- INTRODUCTION
- CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTORS: IDEAL AND NON-IDEAL FLOW
- TRACER STUDIES
- MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR NON-IDEAL FLOW
- COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
- REACTION RATE EXPRESSIONS
- REACTIONS IN CONTINUOUS FLOW SYSTEMS AT STEADY STATE: COMBINING HYDRAULICS AND REACTION KINETICS
- REACTORS IN WATER TREATMENT AND THEIR HYDRAULICS CHARACTERISTICS
- SUMMARY
- ABBREVIATIONS
- NOTATION FOR EQUATIONS
- REFERENCES
- 5. OVERVIEW OF WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES
- 6. GAS–LIQUID PROCESSES: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
- 7. CHEMICAL OXIDATION
- 8. COAGULATION AND FLOCCULATION
- 9. SEDIMENTATION AND FLOTATION
- 10. GRANULAR MEDIA FILTRATION
- OVERVIEW OF PARTICLE FILTRATION PROCESSES
- GRANULAR MEDIA FILTRATION PROCESS DESCRIPTION
- MEDIA FILTRATION THEORY AND MODELING
- RAPID-RATE FILTER PERFORMANCE
- FLOW CONTROL IN FILTRATION
- BACKWASHING AND MAINTENANCE OF FILTER MEDIA
- DIRECT FILTRATION
- PRESSURE GRANULAR BED FILTERS
- SLOW SAND FILTRATION
- PRECOAT FILTRATION
- DEDICATION
- ABBREVIATIONS
- EQUATION NOTATION
- REFERENCES
- 11. MEMBRANES
- SIZE RANGES FOR MEMBRANE PROCESSES
- CLASSIFICATIONS AND CONFIGURATIONS OF MEMBRANE PROCESSES
- RO-NF CONFIGURATION
- MEMBRANE PROPERTIES AND REJECTION CHARACTERISTICS
- BUBBLE-POINT DIRECT TESTING
- MASS TRANSPORT AND SEPARATION
- INTEGRATED MF AND UF PROCESS APPLICATIONS AND PROCESS DESIGN
- NF AND RO PROCESS CONCEPTS AND DESIGN CRITERIA
- RESIDUALS DISPOSAL AND CONCENTRATE MANAGEMENT
- PILOT PLANT TESTING
- ABBREVIATIONS
- NOTATION FOR EQUATIONS
- REFERENCES
- 12. ION EXCHANGE AND ADSORPTION OF INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS
- 13. PRECIPITATION, COPRECIPITATION, AND PRECIPITATIVE SOFTENING
- 14. ADSORPTION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BY ACTIVATED CARBON
- 15. NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS
- INTRODUCTION
- RIVER (RBF) AND LAKE (LBF) BANK FILTRATION
- ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE AND RECOVERY (ARR)
- SUBSURFACE GROUNDWATER TREATMENT
- SOIL AQUIFER TREATMENT (SAT) FOR INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE
- WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS IN NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS
- DESIGN AND OPERATION OF NATURAL WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
- SELECTED CASE STUDIES OF NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- REFERENCES
- 16. WATER REUSE FOR DRINKING WATER AUGMENTATION
- INTRODUCTION TO POTABLE REUSE
- SOURCE WATER CHARACTERISTICS
- SYSTEM RELIABILITY AND HEALTH RISK CONSIDERATIONS
- DESIGN OF POTABLE REUSE SCHEMES
- MONITORING STRATEGIES FOR PROCESS PERFORMANCE AND COMPLIANCE
- REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR DRINKING WATER AUGMENTATION
- PUBLIC PERCEPTION TO INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE
- ABBREVIATIONS
- REFERENCES
- 17. CHEMICAL DISINFECTION
- INTRODUCTION
- HISTORY OF DISINFECTION
- REGULATORY ISSUES FOR DISINFECTION
- DISINFECTANTS AND THEORY OF DISINFECTION
- ASSESSMENT OF MICROBIAL QUALITY (INDICATORS)
- DISINFECTION KINETICS
- MODE OF ACTION OF DISINFECTANTS
- DISINFECTANT RESIDUALS FOR POSTTREATMENT PROTECTION
- DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGIES
- RELATIVE COMPARISONS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- NOTATION FOR EQUATIONS
- REFERENCES
- 18. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT PROCESSES
- 19. FORMATION AND CONTROL OF DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS
- 20. INTERNAL CORROSION AND DEPOSITION CONTROL
- INTRODUCTION
- CORROSION, PASSIVATION, AND IMMUNITY
- PHYSICAL FACTORS AFFECTING CORROSION AND METALS RELEASE
- CHEMICAL FACTORS AFFECTING CORROSION
- CORROSION OF SPECIFIC MATERIALS
- DIRECT METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF CORROSION
- CORROSION CONTROL ALTERNATIVES
- WATER SAMPLING FOR CORROSION CONTROL
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- DISCLAIMER
- ABBREVIATIONS
- NOTATION FOR EQUATIONS
- REFERENCES
- 21. MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
- MICROBIAL RISKS FROM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM CONTAMINATION
- MICROBES IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
- FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO MICROBIAL OCCURRENCES IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
- MONITORING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
- ENGINEERING AND DESIGN OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
- CONTROLLING MICROBIAL OCCURRENCES IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
- FINAL COMMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- REFERENCES
- 22. WATER TREATMENT PLANT RESIDUALS MANAGEMENT
- INTRODUCTION
- COAGULATION AND LIME-SOFTENING RESIDUALS
- THICKENING
- NON-MECHANICAL DEWATERING
- MECHANICAL DEWATERING
- SPENT FILTER BACKWASH TREATMENT
- RECYCLE
- MEMBRANE RESIDUALS
- ION-EXCHANGE AND INORGANIC ADSORPTION PROCESS RESIDUALS
- RESIDUALS CONTAINING ARSENIC
- RESIDUALS CONTAINING RADIOACTIVITY
- ULTIMATE DISPOSAL AND UTILIZATION OF SOLIDS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- NOTATION FOR EQUATIONS
- REFERENCES
- A. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
- B. USEFUL CONSTANTS
- C. CONVERSION FACTORS
- D. PROPERTIES OF WATER AND GASES
Book Details
Title: Water Quality & Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking Water, Sixth Edition
Publisher: : New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Mexico, City, Milan, New Delhi, San Juan, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto
Copyright / Pub. Date: 2011, 1999 American Water Works Association
ISBN: 9780071630115
Authors:
American Water Works Association
(AWWA) is the leading organization of water management professionals in the United States.
James Edzwald is the author of this McGraw-Hill Professional publication.
Description: 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.
