Managing and transforming water conflicts

What is the one thing that no-one can do without? Water. Where water crosses boundaries - be they economic, legal, political or cultural - the stage is set for disputes between different users trying to safeguard access to a vital resource, while protecting the natural environment. Without strategies to anticipate, address, and mediate between competing users, intractable water conflicts are li…

MWH's water treatment: principles and design

This newly revised edition of the classic reference provides complete, up-to-date coverage of both theory and practice of water treatment system design. The Third Edition brings the field up to date, addressing new regulatory requirements, ongoing environmental concerns, and the emergence of pharmacological agents and other new chemical constituents in water. Written by some of the foremost ex…

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 performs, illustrates what equipment it uses, and explains its role in the process of purifying or cleanin…

The environmental science of drinking water

In today's chemically dependent society, environmental studies demonstrate that drinking water in developed countries contains numerous industrial chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and chemicals from water treatment processes. This poses a real threat. As a result of the ever-expanding list of chemical and biochemical products industry, current drinking water standards that serve to preser…

Modeling water quality in distribution systems

Updated and expanded from the 1998 edition, this comprehensive text discusses the use of water quality modeling, including EPANET, and its potential for understanding the effects of contaminated transport in drinking water distribution systems. Chapters outline the major elements involved in water quality modeling and the development and application of water quality models

Water distribution systems handbook

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780071453455

Collation

1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : i

Series Title

McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.

Call Number

[TLK-LIB-179]

Water recycling and resource recovery in industry : analysis, technologies an…

This book's multidisciplinary approach makes Water Recycling and Resource Recovery in Industry: Analysis, Technologies and Implementation the perfect reference work for academics, professionals and consultants dealing with industrial water resources recovery

Principles of water and wastewater treatment processes

Principles of Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes outlines the principle unit operations that are involved in the separation, degradation and utilsation of organic and inorganic matter during water and wastewater treatment. It is designed for individual, self-paced study that describes the form, function and application of unit operations for the treatment of water and wastewater. Each sec…

Wastewater quality monitoring and treatment

The issue of water quality monitoring is becoming a huge area as the EU requirements for cleaner water increase. On-line monitoring involves measuring a body of water constantly and in-situ as opposed to analysing samples in the lab. Currently filling the gap in the market, Wastewater Quality Monitoring: On-line Methods provides information on how to produce the best analyses of wastewater in o…

Environmental engineering. Water, wastewater, soil, and groundwater treatment…

Edition

6th ed.

ISBN/ISSN

9780470083031

Collation

xv, 384 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series Title

-

Call Number

[TLK-LIB-158]