Water Works Engineering - Planning, Design & Operation

The authors begin by introducing the latest advances in water treatment technology and key future trends. They review each key constituent of water quality and its health significance, as well as today's best unit operations and water treatment processes. Next, they walk step-by-step through water treatment planning and design, including predesign reports, problem definition, and site selection. Coverage includes:

• Raw water intake, screening, and aeration
  
• Conveyance, flow measurement, and pumping
  
• Coagulation, flocculation, precipitation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, fluoridation, and distribution
  
• Complete process trains demonstrating the interrelationships amongst key processes
  
• Practical, real-world techniques for selecting equipment and manufacturers
  
• Nonconventional treatment processes: removing specific constituents that conventional treatment leaves behind
  

The authors provide detailed coverage of aesthetic issues such as color, taste, and odor control; today's best techniques for residuals management; practical guidance on instrumentation and control; a troubleshooting guide for avoiding key design errors; and more. Water Works Engineering is essential reading for all professionals in the field: consulting engineers, equipment manufacturers, and regulatory professionals alike.

SYED R. QASIM, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, has over 30 years of design, research, and teaching experience in water and wastewater treatment processes. He has written three books, and published over 100 technical papers.

EDWARD M. MOTLEY is Vice President and Director of Engineering with Chiang, Patel & Yerby, Inc., a consulting engineering firm in Dallas, Texas. He has over 20 years of consulting experience in planning, design, and construction of advanced water, wastewater treatment, and conveyance projects.

GUANG ZHU has ten years of consulting experience with Beijing Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute, Beijing, China, and is author of many technical papers in environmental engineering. He joined Chiang, Patel & Yerby, Inc. as an environmental engineering process design engineer after completing his Ph.D. in 1996.