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by MacKenzie L. Davis (Author)
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A Fully Updated, In-Depth Guide to Water and Wastewater EngineeringThoroughly revised to reflect the latest advances, procedures, and regulations, this authoritative resource contains comprehensive coverage of the design and construction of municipal water and wastewater facilities. Written by an environmental engineering expert and seasoned academic, Water and Wastewater Engineering: Design Principles and Practice, Second Edition, offers detailed explanations, practical strategies, and design techniques as well as hands-on safety protocols and operation and maintenance procedures. You will get cutting-edge information on water quality standards, corrosion control, piping materials, energy efficiency, direct and indirect potable reuse, and more.
Coverage includes:
- The design and construction processes
- General water supply design considerations
- Intake structures and wells
- Chemical handling and storage
- Coagulation and flocculation
- Lime-soda and ion exchange softening
- Reverse osmosis and nanofiltration
- Sedimentation
- Granular and membrane filtration
- Disinfection and fluoridation
- Removal of specific constituents
- Water plant residuals management, process selection, and integration
- Storage and distribution systems
- Wastewater collection and treatment design considerations
- Sanitary sewer design
- Headworks and preliminary treatment
- Primary treatment
- Wastewater microbiology
- Secondary treatment by suspended growth biological processes
- Secondary treatment by attached growth and hybrid biological processes
- Tertiary treatment
- Advanced oxidation processes
- Direct and indirect potable reuse
Author Biography
Mackenzie L. Davis is an Emeritus Professor of Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University, where he taught for thirty years. He has held professional positions within the U.S. Army and the U.S. EPA. Mr. Davis is the author of numerous textbooks on water and environmental engineering.
