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

Contents

1. Drinking Water Quality Standards, Regulations, and Goals
2. Health and Aesthetic Aspects of Drinking Water
3. Chemical Principles, Source Water Composition, and Watershed Protection
4. Hydraulic Characteristics of Water Treatment Reactors
5. Overview of Water Treatment Processes
6. Gas-Liquid Processes: Principles and Applications
7. Chemical Oxidation
8. Coagulation and Focculation
9. Sedimentation and Flotation
10. Granular Media Filtration
11. Membranes
12. Ion Exchange and Adsorption of Inorganic Contaminants
13. Precipitation, Coprecipitation, and Precipitative Softening
14. Adsorption of Organic Compounds
15. Natural Treatment Systems
16. Water Reuse for Drinking Water Augmentation
17. Chemical Disinfection
18. Ultraviolet Light Processes
19. Formation and Control or Disinfection By-Products
20. Internal Corrosion and Deposition Control
21. Microbiology Quality Control in Distribution Systems
22. Water Treatment Residuals Management

Appendices

1. Chemical Evidence
2. Useful Constants
3. Conversion Factors
4. Physical Properties of Water and Gases

Index

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