Water Supply by A C Twort
This volume provides a comprehensive treatment of water supply technology for practising engineers. The approach employed is essentially practical, and provides a wide survey of all processes involved in procuring, treating and distributing waster supplies. Fully updated to include modern international practices and principles, this book: details and explains the WHO 1993 guidelines for drinking water quality, the EC standards and the US EPA drinking water standards up to 1993; describes the new advanced water treatment processes for reduction of organic micropollutants and control of disinfection by-products using ozone, carbon and oxidation techniques; sets out UK, EC and US bateriological standards, and describes problems posed by viruses, cryptospodium and giardiasis; presents current figures on water consumption and system losses for the UK, US and overseas undertakings; discusses the problems of metering domestic water supplies in the UK; updates hydrological techniques and software used in assessing yield of sources, and the engineering of pipelines, distribution systems and sourceworks construction; and describes the new organization of public water supplies in England and Wales.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780340575871 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340575875 |
| Title | Water Supply |
| Author | A C Twort |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Elsevier Science & Technology |
| Year published | 1994-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |