Water Engineering: Hydraulics, Distribution and Treatment - Tapa dura

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NAZIH K. SHAMMAS is currently a consultant, book editor and author. He has been an environmental expert, researcher, professor, and consultant for more than 40 years. He was Dean and Director at the Lenox Institute of Water Technology and consultant to Krofta Engineering Corporation as well as the recipient of a Block Grant from the University of Michigan, First Award for best thesis of the year from the Sigma Xi Society, Commendation from ABET, and the GCC Prize for Best Environmental Work. Dr Shammas is included for more than 20 years in 5 of the Who's Who Publications. He is the author of over 250 publications and 20 environmental engineering books.

LAWRENCE K. WANG is currently a consultant to industries, municipalities, and the US Federal and local governments. He has been a facility manager, design engineer, inventor, professor, and book editor for more than 45 years. He was acting president of the Lenox Institute of Water Technology and Engineering Director of Krofta Engineering Corporation, as well as a recipient of the 5-Star Innovative Engineering Award, the NYWEA Kenneth Research Award, and the Korean WPCA Engineering Award. Dr Wang is an inventor of 29 US and foreign patents, and an author of 700+ scientific papers and 40+ engineering books. He is listed in the Who's Who in America and Who's Who of the World.

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Details the design and process of water supply systems, tracing the progression from source to sink

A clean water supply with sufficient quantity and pressure is necessary for public health and fire protection. Increasing urbanization and industrialization, however, places high levels of stress on water supply systems. Acceptable quality and sufficient sources of water for municipal purposes are becoming more difficult to find. New and improved water resources conservation, treatment and distribution technologies are constantly being researched and developed in order to keep up with the growing demand for water. An effective design for drinking water systems relies on an understanding and application of scientific principles. Environmental engineers employ diverse biological, physical, and chemical techniques to extract and treat water from a variety of resources including surface water, groundwater, seawater, and rain/snow.

Water Engineering: Hydraulics, Distribution and Treatment, discusses water quality, quantity, pressure and delivery subjects, variations and deals with different infrastructural components of municipal water systems, such as collection, purification, transmission, and distribution works. It also discusses the ways in which these systems and treatments supplement one another to produce a purified water supply with sufficient quantity and pressure, that meets the needs of the population.

It features:

• An organized and logical flow, tracing the connections in the water supply system from the water's source to its eventual use
• Design of water-supply infrastructure and water treatment processes
• Useful references for practicing water engineers who require a more in-depth, higher level description of drinking water systems as well as senior and graduate students in preparation for the FE/PE examinations
• Many design examples and homework questions in both SI and US units
• Fundamentals and practical examples so as to connect theory with the realities of water system design