The drinking water handbook:

This new edition of The Drinking Water Handbook is thoroughly revised and updated and includes a comprehensive discussion of "forever chemicals" as well as the herbicide Atrazine in drinking water. Presents the latest coverage of contaminants in water, such as personal care products and ph...

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Main Author: Spellman, Frank R. 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, London, New York CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group 2025
Edition:4th edition
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Summary:This new edition of The Drinking Water Handbook is thoroughly revised and updated and includes a comprehensive discussion of "forever chemicals" as well as the herbicide Atrazine in drinking water. Presents the latest coverage of contaminants in water, such as personal care products and pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors, and more.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- Units and Conversions -- Chapter 1 Sick Water Revisited, Again -- 1.1 Sick Water -- 1.2 The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2 The Flow -- 2.1 Going with the Flow -- Sidebar 2.1-MahKah-Going with the Flow -- Sidebar 2.2-When Rivers Became Yellow Boys -- Sidebar 2.3-When Mother Nature Burped -- 2.2 The Bottom Line -- Chapter 3 All about Water: Basic Concepts -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Water Cycle -- 3.3 Water Supply: The Q and Q Factors -- 3.4 Drinking Water Q and Q: Key Definitions -- 3.5 Clean, Fresh, and Palatable: A Historical Perspective -- Chapter 4 Drinking Water Regulations -- 4.1 Regulation Nation -- 4.2 Why Regulate -- 4.3 Clean Water Reform Is Born -- 4.4 Clean Water Act -- 4.5 Safe Drinking Water Act -- 4.5.1 SDWA Definitions -- 4.5.2 SDWA Specific Provisions -- 4.5.3 1996 Amendments to SDWA -- 4.6 Implementing SDWA -- Chapter 5 Drinking Water Supplies -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Water Sources -- 5.2.1 Just How Readily Available Is Potable Water? -- 5.2.2 Surface Water Supplies -- 5.2.3 Groundwater Supply -- 5.3 The Bottom Line -- Chapter 6 Drinking Water Conveyance and Distribution -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Surface Water and Groundwater Distribution Systems -- 6.2.1 Surface Water Intake -- 6.2.2 Surface Water Distribution -- 6.2.3 Distribution Line Network -- 6.2.4 Service Connection to Household Tap -- 6.2.5 Distribution Storage -- 6.2.6 Protective Coatings and Cathodic Protection -- 6.2.7 Water Quality Monitoring at Storage Facilities -- 6.2.8 Water Quality Problems in Storage/Distribution Systems -- 6.3 Beyond the Q and Q Factors -- 6.4 The Bottom Line -- Chapter 7 Drinking Water Parameters: Microbiological -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Microbiology: What Is It? -- 7.2.1 Classification of Organisms -- 7.3 Waterborne Diseases -- 7.4 Bacteria.
Physical Description:xvii, 342 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:9781032659015
9781032659039

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