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Applied Math for Wastewater Plant Operators

Applied Math for Wastewater Plant Operators Lowest new price: $32.99
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Author: Joanne K. Price

With many worked examples, this book provides step-by-step instruction for all calculations required for wastewater treatment. Pertinent calculations are conveniently summarized in each chapter. The text covers all the fundamental math concepts and skills needed for daily wastewater treatment plant operations. The workbook for this book can be purchased separately or together in the Applied Math for Wastewater Plant Operators Set (ISBN: 9781566769891).

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Wastewater Treatment Plants: Planning, Design, and Operation, Second Edition

Wastewater Treatment Plants: Planning, Design, and Operation, Second Edition Lowest new price: $132.21
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Author: Syed R. Qasim

Step-by-step procedures for planning, design, construction and operation:
* Health and environment

* Process improvements

* Stormwater and combined sewer control and treatment

* Effluent disposal and reuse

* Biosolids disposal and reuse

* On-site treatment and disposal of small flows

* Wastewater treatment plants should be designed so that the effluent standards and reuse objectives, and biosolids regulations can be met with reasonable ease and cost. The design should incorporate flexibility for dealing with seasonal changes, as well as long-term changes in wastewater quality and future regulations. Good planning and design, therefore, must be based on five major steps:

characterization of the raw wastewater quality and effluent,
pre-design studies to develop alternative processes and selection of final process train,
detailed design of the selected alternative,
contraction, and
operation and maintenance of the completed facility.
Engineers, scientists, and financial analysts must utilize principles from a wide range of disciplines: engineering, chemistry, microbiology, geology, architecture, and economics to carry out the responsibilities of designing a wastewater treatment plant. The objective of this book is to present the technical and nontechnical issues that are most commonly addressed in the planning and design reports for wastewater treatment facilities prepared by practicing engineers. Topics discussed include facility planning, process description, process selection logic, mass balance calculations, design calculations, and concepts for equipment sizing. Theory, design, operation and maintenance, trouble shooting, equipment selection and specifications are integrated for each treatment process. Thus delineation of such information for use by students and practicing engineers is the main purpose of this book.

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Fundamentals and Control of Nitrification in Chloraminated Drinking Water Distribution Systems (Awwa Manual)

Fundamentals and Control of Nitrification in Chloraminated Drinking Water Distribution Systems (Awwa Manual) Lowest new price: $134.70
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Author: American Waterworks Association

This brand new manual was written because of the increased use of chloramine as a residual disinfectant in drinking water distribution systems and the ubiquitous presence of nitrifying bacteria in the environment. Chapters cover background information on the occurrence and microbiology of nitrification in various water environments and provide current practical approaches to nitrification prevention and response. This manual provides a compendium of the current state-of-the-art knowledge, however with quickly developing new advances in nitrification, more writings will be forthcoming. Each chapter can be read independently.

Balancing Water for Humans and Nature: The New Approach in Ecohydrology

Balancing Water for Humans and Nature: The New Approach in Ecohydrology Lowest new price: $27.34
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Author: Malin Falkenmark

Balancing Water for Humans and Nature, authored by two of the world's leading experts on water management, examines water flows - the 'blood stream' of both nature and society - in terms of the crucial links, balances, conflicts and trade-offs between human and environmental needs. The authors argue that a sustainable future depends fundamentally on our ability to manage these trade-offs and encourage long-term resilience. They advocate an ecohydrological approach to land/water/environmental problems and advance a strong, reasoned argument for viewing precipitation as the gross fresh water resource, ultimately responsible for sustaining all terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem services. This book makes the most coherent and holistic argument to date for a new ecological approach to understanding and managing water resources for the benefit of all. Basing their analysis on per capita needs for an acceptable nutritional diet, the authors analyse predictions of the amounts of water needed for global food production by 2050 and identify potential sources. Drawing on small-scale experiences in Africa and Asia, they also cover the vulnerability of the semi-arid tropics through a simplified model of green and blue water scarcity components.

China's Water Crisis (Voices of Asia)

China's Water Crisis (Voices of Asia) Lowest new price: $25.00
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Author: Ma Jun

An International Rivers Network Book

translated by Nancy Yang Lui and Lawrence R. Sullivan

China’s Water Crisis (Zhongguo shui weiji) is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date-source of information on the enormous water resource crisis confronting the People’s Republic of China. The author describes in great detail the floods, water scarcity, and pollution problems existing in all seven of China’s major drainage basins—large and small—and proposes workable solutions for sustainable management.

Of greatest concern to Mr. Ma is the condition of China’s two major rivers, the Yellow and the Yangzi. The very existence of the Yellow River is threatened by massive reductions in water flow caused by a variety of man-made programs while chronic soil erosion resulting from defor-estation together with dam construction has led to a cycle of flood and drought in the Yangzi River basin. The same issues are reflected in China’s smaller rivers. Mr. Ma documents the persistent drought conditions in the southeast, the impact of pollutants on the Tibetan plateau, the defects in China’s large-scale reservoirs, steadily diminishing underground water tables, and the growing abuse of aquifers for urbanization and industrialization.

Despite his alarming findings, Mr. Ma feels that there is hope if major remedial programs are put in place very soon. Otherwise, he paints a compelling picture of a nation which will experience—over the next several decades—dramatic deterioration in its clean water.

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Water in New Mexico: A History of Its Management and Use

Water in New Mexico: A History of Its Management and Use Lowest new price: $142.50
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Author: Ira G. Clark

Originally published in 1987, Water in New Mexico remains one of the most comprehensive studies of a natural resource for any state. It contains material from the earliest pueblo irrigation systems to recent judicial decisions. Clark explores the issues of land-grant water rights, the effects of coal and uranium mining on water quality, the allocation of groundwater, as well as the interstate and federal-state conflicts over land and water. These issues reflect the competing demands for private control, environmental quality, recreational access, and commercial use that influence the management of water to this day.

This volume brings together in one source a wealth of historical and contemporary material of great importance to lawyers, engineers, historians, economists, political scientists, environmentalists, and policy makers. Clark has effectively narrated a complex and tangled history in a style that is accessible to lay readers as well as to specialists.

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Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration, 2e (Awwa Manual, M46)

Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration, 2e (Awwa Manual, M46) Lowest new price: $120.45
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Author: AWWA Staff

Updated coverage of selection, installation, operation, and maintenance of reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration systems (NF) in water treatment. Chapter topics encompass theory and applications, design, equipment, installation, operations, and maintenance. Includes tables, figures, appendixes, references, and glossary, with 4-color throughout.

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Water Distribution Operator Training Handbook, 2nd Edition

Water Distribution Operator Training Handbook, 2nd Edition Lowest new price: $578.90
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Great water distribution operator book!

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Earth Ponds Sourcebook: The Pond Owner's Manual and Resource Guide

Earth Ponds Sourcebook: The Pond Owner's Manual and Resource Guide Lowest new price: $13.05
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Author: Tim Matson

What else but a pond can simultaneously increase your aesthetic pleasure, offer recreational opportunities, help the environment by providing wildlife habitat, and increase the value of your land? Tim Matson's classic guide Earth Ponds, first published in 1982, remains the standard reference for pond owners and builders. Here is everything you need to know to plan, dig, sculpt, maintain, and enjoy your pond, and how to to keep it healthy for years. The Earth Ponds Source-book presents hundreds of additional tips, techniques, and resources, including how to plan a pond to attract wildlife; where to buy equipment and materials; how to build rafts, docks, and gazebos, and how to deal with common problems like weeds, algae, and crayfish.

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The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society

The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society Lowest new price: $29.43
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Author: Arjen Y. Hoekstra

Water is not only used in the domestic context, but also in agriculture and industry in the production of commercial goods, from food to paper. The water footprint is an indicator of freshwater use that looks at both direct and indirect use of water by a consumer or producer. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business. 

This book shows how the water footprint concept can be used to quantify and map the water use behind consumption and how it can guide reduction of water use to a sustainable level. With a number of case studies, it illustrates water use along supply chains and that water consumption at one place is often linked to water use at another. For example, it is calculated that it takes 15,000 litres of water to produce 1 kg of beef, or 8,000 litres of water to produce a pair of jeans. The book shows that imports of water-intensive products can highly benefit water-scarce countries, but also that this creates a dependency on foreign water resources. 

The book demonstrates how water-scarce regions sometimes, nevertheless, use lots of water for making export products. It raises the issue of sustainable consumption: how can consumers, businesses and governments get involved in reducing the water footprints of final consumer goods?

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