Water and wastewater treatment : a guide for the nonengineering professional /

"Designed to meet the information needs of professionals without an engineering background, this book describes and explains in simple, non-mathematical terms the unit processes used to treat both drinking water and wastewater. The text presents each unit process, states what function(s) it per...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Drinan, Joanne
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Spellman, Frank R.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2013]
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Water > Purification. Sewage > Purification. Water treatment plants > Management. Sewage disposal plants > Management. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Current issues in water and wastewater treatment operations
Water regulations, parameters, and characteristics
Water purification: System overview
Sources, intake, and screening
Coagulation and flocculation
Sedimentation
Filtration
Disinfection
Distribution
Wastewater regulations, parameters, and characteristics
Wastewater sources and types
Wastewater treatment: Basic overview
Collection Systems
Preliminary treatment
Primary sedimentation
Biological treatment
Secondary sedimentation
Advanced treatment
Wastewater disinfection
Discharge effluent
Water solids management: System overview
Water solids treatment and disposal
Wastewater biosolids management: System overview
Wastewater biosolids treatment
Wastewater biosolids disposal
Glossary.