The second edition of this small, handy book describes the need for a maintenance department, its role and functions. The second chapter looks at the department s organization, personnel, policies, and use of outside contractors. Next comes the maintenance management system and how to make it effective. Subsequent chapters deal with information management, work orders, monitoring techniques, performance monitoring, the many aspects of inventory management, costs and budget and training. The second edition of M37 focuses on the latest techniques, procedures, and equipment for optimizing coagulation and filtration processes in water treatment plants.
Chapters emphasize pretreatment chemistry and the proper procedures and equipment for jar testing.
Readers will learn how to use streaming-current detectors and electrophoretic mobility measurements to optimize coagulant doses and how to use particle counters to judge the impacts of various mixing regimes on particle formation and evaluate the performance of clarification and filtration units.