Drinking Water Security for Engineers, Planners, and Managers: Integrated Water Security Series

Drinking Water Security for Engineers, Planners, and Managers: Integrated Water Security Series

by Ravi Jain (Editor)

Synopsis

Concise and readable, Drinking Water Security for Engineers, Planners and Managers provides an overview of issues including infrastructure planning, planning to evaluate vulnerabilities and potential threats, capital improvement planning, and maintenance and risk management. This book also covers topics regarding potential contaminants, available water security technologies, analytical methods, and sensor technologies and networks. Other topics include transport and containment of contaminated water, treatment technologies and the treatability of contaminants.

$55.23

Quantity

10 in stock

More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 254
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 16 Jul 2014

ISBN 10: 0124114660
ISBN 13: 9780124114661
Book Overview: Gain an understanding of the key elements of water infrastructures from the ground up and creating more secure systems.

Author Bio
Ravi Jain is Dean and Professor of the School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from California State University, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech. He studied public administration and public policy at Harvard, earning an M.P.A. degree and did additional graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).