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The definitive water quality and treatment resource--fully revised and updatedComprehensive, current, and written by leading experts, Water Quality & Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking Water, Sixth Edition covers state-of-the-art technologies and methods for water treatment and quality control. Significant revisions and new material in this edition reflect the latest advances and critical topics in water supply and treatment. Presented by the American Water Works Association, this is the leading source of authoritative information on drinking water quality and treatment.

NEW CHAPTERS ON:



Chemical principles, source water composition, and watershed protection
Natural treatment systems
Water reuse for drinking water augmentation
Ultraviolet light processes
Formation and control of disinfection by-products

DETAILED COVERAGE OF:



Drinking water standards, regulations, goals, and health effects
Hydraulic characteristics of water treatment reactors
Gas-liquid processes and chemical oxidation
Coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, and flotation
Granular media and membrane filtration
Ion exchange and adsorption of inorganic contaminants
Precipitation, coprecipitation, and precipitative softening
Adsorption of organic compounds by activated carbon
Chemical disinfection
Internal corrosion and deposition control
Microbiological quality control in distribution systems
Water treatment plant residuals management