Water Supply (eBook)

Malcolm J. Brandt, Don D. Ratnayaka, Alan C. Twort (Autoren)

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2000 | 5. Auflage
712 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-052080-3 (ISBN)

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"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 engineer in mind, this text will also be essential reading for undergraduates studying water engineering.

COMPREHENSIVE coverage of all aspects of public water supply and treatment for a worldwide market * INCLUDES more coverage of US, European and WHO standards and practice * COVERS important current topics such as EIA and cryptosporidium outbreaks
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Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Water Supply 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Preface 10
Contributing authors, reviewers and advisors 12
Abbreviations used in bibliographies 14
Chapter 1. Public water supply requirement and its measurement 16
Chapter 2. The organisation and financing of public water supplies 51
Chapter 3. Hydrology and surface supplies 78
Part I – Hydrological considerations 78
Part II – Yield of surface sources 102
Chapter 4. Groundwater supplies 129
Chapter 5. Dams, impounding reservoirs and river intakes 167
Chapter 6. Chemistry, microbiology and biology of water 211
Part I – Significant chemicals and physico-chemical parameters in water 212
Part II – Water quality standards for chemical and physical parameters 236
Part III – Water microbiology 255
Part IV – Water biology 269
Part V – New and emerging issues 275
Chapter 7. Storage, clarification and filtration of water 282
Part I – Storage, screening, sedimentation and clarification 282
Part II – Water filtration methods and sludge disposal 332
Chapter 8. Specialised and advanced water treatment processes 385
Chapter 9. Disinfection of water 444
Chapter 10. Hydraulics 478
Chapter 11. Service reservoirs 514
Chapter 12. Pumping plant: electrical, control and instrumentation systems 537
Chapter 13. Pipes, pipeline construction and valves 574
Chapter 14. Pipeline and distribution system design and analysis 628
Chapter 15. Distribution practice 653
Conversion factors 682
Index 684
Plate Section 692

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.6.2000
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• ISBN-10: 0-08-052080-4 / 0080520804
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-052080-3 / 9780080520803