Water Quality
Subtitle: An Introduction
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer; Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: January 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780792378532
Subjects: Chemistry; Forensic science; Pollution & threats to the environment; Science/Mathematics; Environmental Chemistry; Water Supply And Treatment; Technology; Science; Water quality; Environmental Science; Fish; Water Supply; Nature-Fish; Nature-Water Supply; Science / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical; Science / Environmental Science; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Chemistry - General
First sentence: Water is a simple molecule with two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom.
Description: "Water quality is essential to the welfare of humans and aquatic ecosystems. The study of water quality draws information from a variety of disciplines including chemistry, biology, mathematics, physics, engineering, and resource management. University training in water quality often is limited to specialized courses in engineering, ecology, and fisheries curricula. Therefore, many professionals who need a basic understanding of water quality are not formally trained in the subject.

Water Quality: An Introduction provides an in-depth but relatively simple treatment of water quality, including a discussion of basic physical, chemical, and biological principles. Effort has been made to use physical and chemical principles to explain the factors controlling the quality of natural waters. Water Quality: An Introduction is a text for a general course in water quality or as a guide for self-study."--BOOK JACKET.