Water Quality & Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking Water

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




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