Water Supply

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

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $31.45

  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.

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $3.49

  This volume provides a comprehensive treatment of water supply technology for practising engineers. The approach employed is essentially practical, and provides a wide survey of all processes involved in procuring, treating and distributing waster supplies. Fully updated to include modern international practices and principles, this book: details and explains the WHO 1993 guidelines for drinking water quality, the EC standards and the US EPA drinking water standards up to 1993; describes the new advanced water treatment processes for reduction of organic micropollutants and control of disinfection by-products using ozone, carbon and oxidation techniques; sets out UK, EC and US bateriological standards, and describes problems posed by viruses, cryptospodium and giardiasis; presents current figures on water consumption and system losses for the UK, US and overseas undertakings; discusses the problems of metering domestic water supplies in the UK; updates hydrological techniques and software used in assessing yield of sources, and the engineering of pipelines, distribution systems and sourceworks construction; and describes the new organization of public water supplies in England and Wales.