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
Other Authors Spellman, Frank R.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2013.
Edition2nd ed.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781439854013
1439854017
9781523120642
1523120649
9781439854006
1439854009
0429104871
9780429104879
Physical Description1 online resource (xxi, 272 pages) : illustrations

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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.