Title:
The Drinking water handbook
Author:
Spellman, Frank R.
ISBN:
9781439866900
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2012.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 364 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
General Note:
Previous ed.: Lancaster, Pa: Technomic Pub. Co., 2000.
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Setting the Stage -- References and Recommended Reading -- 2.All about Water: Basic Concepts -- Earth's Blood -- Introduction -- The Water Cycle -- Water Supply: The Q and Q Factors -- Drinking Water Q and Q Vocabulary -- Definitions -- Clean, Fresh, and Palatable: A Historical Perspective -- References and Recommended Reading -- 3.Drinking Water Regulations -- Regulation Nation -- Why Regulate? -- Clean Water Reform Is Born -- Clean Water Act -- Safe Drinking Water Act -- SDWA Definitions -- SDWA Specific Provisions -- 1996 Amendments to SDWA -- Implementing SDWA -- References and Recommended Reading -- 4.Drinking Water Supplies -- Introduction -- Water Sources -- Just How Readily Available Is Potable Water? -- Surface Water Supplies -- Groundwater Supply -- Summary -- References and Recommended Reading -- 5.Drinking Water Conveyance and Distribution -- Introduction -- Surface Water and Groundwater Distribution Systems --
Contents note continued: Surface Water Intake -- Surface Water Distribution -- Distribution Line Network -- Service Connection to Household Tap -- Distribution and Storage -- Summary -- References and Recommended Reading -- 6.Microbiological Drinking Water Parameters -- Introduction -- Microbiology: What Is It? -- Classification of Organisms -- Waterborne Diseases -- Bacteria -- Bacterial Cells: Shapes, Forms, Sizes, and Arrangements -- Structure of the Bacterial Cell -- Chemical Composition of a Bacterial Cell -- Metabolism -- Classification -- Fecal Coliform Bacteria: Indicator Organisms -- Viruses -- Bacteriophage -- Indicator Viruses -- Protozoa -- Giardia -- Cryptosporidium -- Cyclospora -- Helminths -- Summary -- References and Recommended Reading -- 7.Physical Drinking Water Parameters -- Introduction -- Taste and Odor -- Color -- Temperature -- Turbidity -- Solids -- pH -- Alkalinity -- Hardness -- Solubility -- Summary -- References and Recommended Reading --
Contents note continued: 8.Chemical Drinking Water Parameters -- Introduction -- Organic Chemicals -- Synthetic Organic Chemicals -- Volatile Organic Chemicals -- Total Dissolved Solids -- Fluoride -- Heavy Metals -- Nutrients -- Summary -- References and Recommended Reading -- 9.Water Pollution -- Introduction -- Sources of Contaminants -- Radionuclides -- The Chemical Cocktail -- Byproducts of Chlorine -- Byproduct Regulations -- Flocculants -- Groundwater Contamination -- Underground Storage Tanks -- MtBE -- Industrial Wastes -- Septic Tanks -- Landfills -- Agriculture -- Saltwater Intrusion -- Other Sources of Groundwater Contamination -- Summary -- References and Recommended Reading -- 10.Drinking Water Monitoring -- Introduction -- Is the Water Good or Bad? -- State Water Quality Standards Programs -- Designing a Water Quality Monitoring Program -- General Preparation and Sampling Considerations -- Preparation of Sampling Containers -- Sample Types --
Contents note continued: Collecting Samples from a Stream -- Sample Preservation and Storage -- Test Methods -- Titrimetric -- Colorimetric -- Visual Methods -- Electronic Methods -- Dissolved Oxygen and Biochemical Oxygen Demand -- Sampling and Equipment Considerations -- What Is Biochemical Oxygen Demand and Why Is It Important? -- Temperature -- Useful Conversions -- Sampling and Equipment Considerations -- Hardness -- Measuring Hardness -- pH -- Analytical and Equipment Considerations -- pH Meters -- "Pocket Pals" and Color Comparators -- Turbidity -- Sampling and Equipment Considerations -- Orthophosphate -- Forms of Phosphorus -- The Phosphorus Cycle -- Monitoring Phosphorus -- Sampling and Equipment Considerations -- Nitrates -- Sampling and Equipment Considerations -- Total Solids -- Sampling and Equipment Considerations -- Conductivity -- Sampling and Equipment Considerations -- Total Alkalinity -- Analytical and Equipment Considerations -- Fecal Bacteria --
Contents note continued: Indicator Bacteria Types -- Which Bacteria Should Be Monitored? -- Sampling and Equipment Considerations -- Apparent Color -- Odor -- Summary -- References and Recommended Reading -- 11.Water Treatment -- Introduction -- Screening -- Trash Screens (Rakes) -- Traveling Water Screens -- Drum Screens -- Bar Screens -- Passive Screens -- Coagulation -- Coagulants -- Types of Coagulants -- Jar Tests -- Coagulation Chemicals -- Coagulant Aids -- Coagulation Process Operation -- Flocculation -- Sedimentation -- Filtration -- Rapid Filter Systems -- Other Common Filter Types -- Hardness Treatment -- Disinfection -- Key Disinfection Terms -- Disinfection Methods -- Chlorination -- Alternative Disinfection Methods -- Nonconventional Water Treatment Technologies -- Fluoridation -- Water Treatment of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants -- Aeration -- Oxidation -- Adsorption -- Demineralization -- Membrane Processes -- Summary -- References and Recommended Reading --
Contents note continued: 12.Upgrading Security -- Introduction -- Consequences of 9/11 -- Security Hardware and Devices -- Physical Asset Monitoring and Control Devices -- Water Monitoring Devices -- Communication and Integration -- Cyber Protection Devices -- SCADA -- What Is SCADA? -- SCADA Applications in Water Systems -- SCADA Vulnerabilities -- The Increasing Risk -- Adoption of Technologies with Known Vulnerabilities -- Cyber Threats to Control Systems -- Securing Control Systems -- Steps to Improve SCADA Security -- The Bottom Line on Security -- References and Recommended Reading.
Abstract:
"The Drinking Water Handbook is a systematic explanation of the many processes employed to make water safe to drink. It clarifies the laws that set the standards for quality and investigates the physical, chemical and microbiological parameters that must be modified to produce potable and good-tasting water. Careful attention is paid to present and emerging technologies that result in high-quality drinking water: purification, filtration, disinfection, distribution, and more. The book discusses the relation of water reuse to the hydrologic cycle and explains what is being done to mitigate growing concerns about disinfection by-products"--
"An industry-wide best-seller hailed on its first publication as a masterly account written in an engaging, highly readable style, The Drinking Water Handbook, 2nd ed., continues where the first edition began; that is, stressing that notwithstanding our absolute need to breathe untainted air, nothing is more important to us than the quality of the water we drink, though of course, we need clean water for other uses as well. Written with the practitioner, novice and the sophisticated consumer in mind, this new edition of The Drinking Water Handbook has been thoroughly revised and updated, including a comprehensive discussion of security requirements for waterworks and ancillary processes. "--
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