Waste & Wastewater Technology (4th Ed)

by HAMMER M

• ISBN13: 9780130258670
• ISBN10: 0130258679
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: PRENTICE HALL

Summary

For undergraduate civil technology or engineering courses as sanitary or environmental engineering/technology, water supply and sanitation, and water quality control. Also appropriate for two-year college courses in engineering technology and environmental studies. With a strong emphasis on practice, this progressive text provides updated, comprehensive coverage of the fundamental principles and current practices in water processing, water distribution, wastewater collection, wastewater treatment, and sludge processing.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(5)
Chemistry	5	(44)
Elements, Radicals, and Compounds	5	(2)
Chemical Water Analysis	7	(3)
Hydrogen Ion Concentration and pH	10	(1)
Chemical Equilibria	11	(3)
Chemical Kinetics	14	(2)
Gas Solubility	16	(2)
Alkalinity	18	(2)
Colloids and Coagulation	20	(2)
Organic Compounds	22	(4)
Organic Matter in Wastewater	26	(2)
Laboratory Chemical Analyses	28	(21)
Biology	49	(44)
Bacteria and Fungi	49	(4)
Viruses	53	(1)
Algae	54	(2)
Protozoa and Multicellular Animals	56	(2)
Fishes	58	(1)
Aquatic Food Chain	59	(1)
Waterborne Diseases	60	(5)
Coliform Bacteria as Indicator Organisms	65	(1)
Tests for the Coliform Group	66	(5)
Testing for Enteric Viruses	71	(1)
Biochemical Oxygen Demand	72	(10)
Biological Treatment Systems	82	(4)
Biological Kinetics	86	(7)
Hydraulics and Hydrology	93	(44)
Water Pressure	93	(2)
Pressure-Velocity-Head Relationships	95	(4)
Flow in Pipes Under Pressure	99	(3)
Centrifugal Pump Characteristics	102	(5)
System Characteristics	107	(5)
Equivalent Pipes	112	(1)
Computer Analysis of Pipe Networks	112	(2)
Gravity Flow in Circular Pipes	114	(3)
Flow Measurement in Pipes	117	(3)
Flow Measurement in Open Channels	120	(1)
Amount of Storm Runoff	121	(1)
Flow in Streams and Rivers	122	(3)
Hydrology of Lakes and Reservoirs	125	(2)
Groundwater Hydrology	127	(10)
Water Quality and Pollution	137	(30)
Quality of Surface Waters	137	(2)
Water Quality in Flowing Waters	139	(5)
Water Quality in Impounded Waters	144	(5)
Groundwater Quality	149	(4)
Water-Quality Standards	153	(4)
Microbiological Quality of Drinking Water	157	(1)
Chemical Quality of Drinking Water	157	(10)
Water Distribution Systems	167	(52)
Water Quantity and Pressure Requirements	169	(1)
Municipal Fire Protection Requirements	170	(7)
Well Construction	177	(2)
Surface-Water Intakes	179	(2)
Piping Networks	181	(3)
Kinds of Pipe	184	(4)
Distribution Pumping and Storage	188	(7)
Valves	195	(10)
Backflow Preventers	205	(6)
Fire Hydrants	211	(1)
Design Layouts of Distribution Systems	212	(1)
Evaluation of Distribution Systems	212	(7)
Water Processing	219	(76)
Mixing and Flocculation	222	(3)
Sedimentation	225	(3)
Flocculator-Clarifiers	228	(1)
Filtration	228	(7)
Chemical Feeders	235	(4)
Turbidity Removal	239	(3)
Taste and Odor Control	242	(1)
Synthetic Organic Chemical Removal	243	(1)
Iron and Manganese Removal	244	(1)
Precipitation Softening	245	(6)
Water Stabilization	251	(2)
Fluoridation	253	(2)
Chlorination	255	(7)
Chlorination By-Products	262	(1)
Ozone	263	(1)
Disinfection	264	(10)
Ion Exchange Softening and Nitrate Removal	274	(1)
Removal of Dissolved Salts	275	(3)
Sources of Wastes in Water Treatment	278	(2)
Dewatering and Disposal of Wastes from Water Treatment Plants	280	(15)
Operation of Waterworks	295	(18)
Distribution System Inspection and Maintenance	295	(3)
Distribution System Testing	298	(2)
Control of Waterworks Operations	300	(5)
Recordkeeping	305	(1)
Water Conservation	306	(1)
Energy Conservation	307	(2)
Water Rates	309	(4)
Wastewater Flows and Characteristics	313	(18)
Domestic Wastewater	314	(3)
Industrial Wastewaters	317	(3)
Infiltration and Inflow	320	(1)
Municipal Wastewater	321	(2)
Composite Sampling	323	(3)
Evaluation of Wastewater	326	(5)
Wastewater Collection Systems	331	(32)
Storm Sewer System	332	(2)
Sanitary Sewer System	334	(4)
Measuring and Sampling of Flow in Sewers	338	(6)
Sewer Pipes and Jointing	344	(2)
Loads on Buried Pipes	346	(7)
Sewer Installation	353	(3)
Sewer Testing	356	(2)
Lift Stations in Wastewater Collection	358	(5)
Wastewater Processing	363	(96)
Considerations in Plant Design	366	(2)
Preliminary Treatment	368	(3)
Pumping Stations	371	(6)
Sedimentation	377	(6)
Biological Filtration	383	(13)
Rotating Biological Contractors	396	(1)
Biological Aeration	396	(13)
Mathematical Model for Completely Mixed Aeration	409	(4)
Stabilization Ponds	413	(6)
Effluent Disinfection	419	(1)
Individual Household Disposal Systems	420	(2)
Characteristics and Quantities of Waste Sludges	422	(2)
Sludge Pumps	424	(3)
Selection and Arrangement of Sludge Processes	427	(2)
Gravity Sludge Thickening	429	(1)
Thickening of Waste-Activated Sludges	429	(3)
Anaerobic Digestion	432	(7)
Aerobic Digestion	439	(1)
Pressure Filtration	440	(5)
Centrifugation	445	(1)
Composting	445	(1)
Agricultural Land Application	446	(2)
Landfill or Monofill	448	(1)
Incineration and Drying	448	(1)
Odor Control	449	(10)
Operation of Wastewater Systems	459	(18)
Sewer Maintenance and Cleaning	459	(2)
Television Inspection of Sewers	461	(2)
Infiltration and Inflow Surveys	463	(3)
Regulation of Sewer Use	466	(2)
Performance Evaluation of Treatment Plants	468	(5)
Energy Conservation	473	(4)
Advanced Wastewater Treatment	477	(32)
Limitations of Conventional Treatment	477	(2)
Suspended Solids Removal	479	(3)
Pathogen Removal	482	(1)
Toxic Substance Removal	483	(1)
Phosphorus in Wastewaters	484	(2)
Chemical-Biological Phosphorus Removal	486	(3)
Nitrogen in Wastewaters	489	(3)
Biological Nitrification and Denitrification	492	(6)
Wastewater Reclamation	498	(4)
Ocean Discharge	502	(7)
Water Reuse	509	(13)
Water Quality and Regulations	510	(2)
Agricultural Irrigation	512	(1)
Urban Irrigation and Reuse	513	(1)
Industrial Reuse	514	(1)
Groundwater Recharge and Potable Supply	514	(1)
Design of Irrigation Systems	515	(7)
Appendix	522	(9)
Index	531