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5 reviewsISBN 10: 1439854009
ISBN 13: 9781439854006
Author: Joanne E Drinan
Lauded for its engaging, highly readable style, the best-selling first edition became the premier guide for nonengineers involved in water and wastewater treatment operations. Water and Wastewater Treatment: A Guide for the Nonengineering Professional, Second Edition continues to provide a simple, nonmathematical account of the unit processes used
Section One: Introduction
Chapter One: Current issues in water and wastewater treatment operations
Water is the new oil
Characteristics of water
Water use
Publicly owned treatment works: Cash cows or cash dogs?
New regulations: The paradigm shift
Multiple-barrier concept
Multiple-barrier approach: Wastewater operations
Challenges facing water and wastewater operations
Compliance with new, changing, and existing regulations
Sustaining infrastructure
Sustaining energy
Privatization or reengineering
Benchmarking
Benchmarking: The process
Maintaining a viable workforce
Upgrading security
Consequences of 9/11
Summary
References and recommended reading
Section Two: Basics of water treatment
Chapter Two: Water regulations, parameters, and characteristics
Purpose: Quality parameters for water
Purpose: Water treatment
Water quality: Federal regulations
Drinking water regulations
Water quality characteristics
Physical water quality characteristics
Solids in water
Turbidity
Color
Taste and odor
Temperature
Chemical water quality characteristics
Total dissolved solids (TDS)
Alkalinity
Hardness
Fluorides
Metals
Organics
Inorganics
Nutrients
pH
Chlorides
Biological water quality characteristics
Bacteria
Viruses
Algae
Protozoa
Worms (helminths)
Indicator organisms
Coliforms
Summary
References and recommended reading
Chapter Three: Water purification System overview
Process purpose: Water purification
Water treatment unit processes
Summary
Reference and recommended reading
Chapter Four: Sources, intake, and screening
Introduction: Water sources
Water sources
Surface water supplies
Groundwater supply
Watershed management programs
Process purpose: Intake and screening
Process equipment: Intake
Surface and groundwater intake
Process equipment: Screening
Trash screens (rakes)
Traveling water screens
Drum screens
Bar screens
Passive screens
Summary
Chapter Five: Coagulation and flocculation
Process purpose: Coagulation and flocculation
Coagulant chemicals
Coagulant types
Coagulant aids
Process operation: Coagulation
Process operation: Flocculation
Summary
References and recommended reading
Chapter Six: Sedimentation
Process purpose: Sedimentation
Process equipment
Process operation
Summary
Chapter Seven: Filtration
Process purpose: Filtration
Process equipment
Slow sand filtration systems
Rapid sand filtration systems
Other common filtration systems
Summary
Chapter Eight: Disinfection
A Sherlock Holmes at the pump
Dr. John Snow
Cholera
Flashback to London, 1854
Pump handle removal—to water treatment (disinfection)
Process purpose: Disinfection
Chlorination
Chlorination chemistry
Chlorination equipment
Chlorination by-products
Alternative methods of disinfection
UV radiation
Ozonation
Membrane processes
Reverse osmosis
Electrodialysis
Summary
Chapter Nine: Distribution
Process purpose and method
Distribution systems
Process equipment
Summary
Reference and recommended reading
Section Three: Basics of wastewater treatment
Chapter Ten: Wastewater regulations, parameters, and characteristics
Purpose: Wastewater parameters
Purpose: Wastewater treatment
Wastewater regulations
Wastewater characteristics
Physical wastewater characteristics
Solids in water
Turbidity
Color
Odor
Temperature
Chemical wastewater characteristics
Total dissolved solids (TDS)
Metals
Organics
Inorganics
pH
Chlorides
Nutrients
Biological wastewater characteristics
Bacteria
Viruses
Algae
Protozoa
Worms (helminths)
Indicator organisms
Coliforms
Summary
Reference and recommended reading
Chapter Eleven: Wastewater sources and types
Wastewater
Wastewater sources and general constituents
Human and animal wastes
Household wastes
Industrial wastes
Storm water runoff
Groundwater infiltration
Average wastewater physical characteristics
Physical characteristics
Chemical characteristics
Summary
Reference and recommended reading
Chapter Twelve: Wastewater treatment Basic overview
Wastewater treatment
Summary
Chapter Thirteen: Collection systems
Process purpose: Collection
Collection system types
Sanitary sewers
Storm sewers
Combined sewerage systems
Collection system components
Construction materials
Materials
Selection factors
Maintenance
Line cleaning
Jetting
Flushing
Balling
Rodding
Bucketing
Common collection system problems
Aging systems
Roots
Grease
New technologies
Electronic technology for collection systems
Trenchless technologies
Summary
References and recommended reading
Chapter Fourteen: Preliminary treatment
Preliminary treatment processes
Process purpose and equipment: Preliminary treatment
Screening
Shredding
Grit removal
Flow measurement
Preaeration
Chemical addition
Chemical feeders
Flow equalization
Summary
Chapter Fifteen: Primary sedimentation
Process purpose and method: Sedimentation
Process equipment: Sedimentation tanks
Septic tanks
Two-story tanks
Plain settling tanks
Settling tank effluent
Summary
Chapter Sixteen: Biological treatment
Process purpose
Process systems
Trickling filters
Trickling filter definitions
Trickling filter performance classifications
Trickling filter equipment
Rotating biological contactors (RBCs)
RBC equipment
Treatment ponds and lagoons
Pond types
Ponds by location and waste
Oxidation ponds
Polishing ponds
Ponds by pond biological process
Aerobic ponds
Anaerobic ponds
Facultative ponds
Aerated ponds
Activated sludge systems
Activated sludge terminology
Activated sludge process operation
Activated sludge process equipment
Summary
Chapter Seventeen: Secondary sedimentation
Process purpose: Secondary sedimentation
Secondary settling
Summary
Chapter Eighteen: Advanced treatment
Process purpose
Advanced treatment processes
Effluent polishing
Nitrogen removal
Phosphorus removal
Membrane processes for advanced treatment
Land application
Summary
References and recommended reading
Chapter Nineteen: Wastewater disinfection
Process purpose
Chlorination
Other forms of chlorination: Hypochlorite
Dechlorination
Sulfur dioxide dechlorination
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation
Ozonation
Bromine chloride
No disinfection
Summary
Chapter Twenty: Discharge effluent
Process purpose: Discharge and reuse
Wastewater discharge
Wastewater reuse
Nonpotable reuse
Potable reuse
Summary
Section Four: Basics of water and wastewater solids treatment and management
Chapter Twenty-One: Water solids management System overview
Process purpose: Water treatment sludges
Water treatment sludge disposal regulations
Alum sludge treatment processes
Softening sludge (lime sludge) treatment processes
Summary
References and recommended reading
Chapter Twenty-Two: Water solids treatment and disposal,†
Water sludge treatment processes
Alum sludge treatment
Thickening
Coagulant recovery
Conditioning
Dewatering
Drying
Disposal
Recoverable and nonrecoverable water
Summary
References and recommended reading
Chapter Twenty-Three: Wastewater biosolids management System overview
Process purpose: Wastewater biosolids treatment
Sewage biosolids regulations
Process: Wastewater biosolids treatment
Public opinion and odor control
Summary
Reference and recommended reading
Chapter Twenty-Four: Wastewater biosolids treatment
Wastewater biosolids treatment and disposal alternatives
Thickening
Gravity thickening
Flotation thickening
Centrifugation
Stabilization
Anaerobic digestion
Aerobic digestion
Thermal stabilization
Chemical application
Chlorine stabilization
Lime stabilization
Conditioning
Chemical conditioning
Thermal conditioning
Dewatering
Natural dewatering methods
Mechanical dewatering methods
Vacuum filtration
Pressure filtration
Centrifugation
Summary
References and recommended reading
Chapter Twenty-Five: Wastewater biosolids disposal
Disposal alternatives
Disposal methods
Water
Land
Landfilling
Land application: Soil conditioning/fertilizing
Land reclamation
Composting
Aerated static pile composting
Curing and drying
Screening
Shaker screens
Trommel screens
Incineration
Incineration advantages
Incineration process
Types of incinerators
Multiple-hearth furnaces (MHFs)
Fluid bed furnace (FBF)
Cyclonic furnace
Electric furnace
Ash disposal vs. reuse
Summary
References and recommended reading
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