Basic water treatment
By: Chris Binnie ; Martin Kimber
Contributors: Kimber, Martin
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: ICE Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781628704273; 9780727758170; 9780727758163
Subjects: Water; Purification; Eau; Épuration
Description: "This accessible introduction and practical guide to water treatment focuses on the issues of most interest to practising engineers, summarising the key issues and criteria in short and accessible sections, with additional theory to explain and support the treatment processes considered. Basic Water Treatment is an essential resource for water engineers at all levels - a textbook for students, a handbook for young engineers or chemists, and an indispensable guide full of practical information for the established practitioner. Fully revised and extensively updated by two of the world's leading experts in the field, taking into account current UK, EU, and USA water-quality standards and treatment technologies. This fifth edition of a best-selling text provides comprehensive contemporary practical guidance and remains the definitive reference for all those involved in water-treatment systems."
Notes: Previous edition: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction and structure of the British water industry; title: 2. Quality of water; title: 3. Overview of water treatment; title: 4. Preliminary treatment; title: 5. Coagulation and flocculation; title: 6. Coagulants and coagulant aids; title: 7. Theory and principles of clarification; title: 8. Types of clarifiers; title: 9. Filtration; title: 10. Membrane processes; title: 11. Other processes; title: 12. Disinfection; title: 13. Waterworks wastes and sludge; title: 14. Private water supplies; title: 15. Water safety plans; title: 16. Sizing of water treatment plants; title: 17. Water demand and use; title: App. 1. Sample calculations; title: App. 2. Comparison of different drinking water-quality standards; title: App. 3. Glossary; title: App. 4. SI units and basic conversion factors.