"The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations is the first thorough resource manual developed exclusively for water and wastewater plant operators. Now regarded as an industry standard, this fifth edition has been updated throughout, and explains the material in easy-to-understand language. It also provides real-world case studies and operating scenarios, as well as problem-solving practice sets for each scenario"--
The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations is the first thorough resource manual developed exclusively for water and wastewater plant operators.
The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations is the first thorough resource manual developed exclusively for water and wastewater plant operators. Now regarded as an industry standard, this fifth edition has been updated throughout, and it explains the material in easy-to-understand language. It also provides real-world case studies and operating scenarios, as well as problem-solving practice sets for each scenario.
Key features:
- Updates the material to reflect the developments in the field
- Includes new math operations with solutions, as well as over 250 new sample questions
- Adds updated coverage of energy conservation measures with applicable case studies
- Enables users to properly operate water and wastewater plants and suggests troubleshooting procedures for returning a plant to optimum operation levels
- Prepares operators for licensure exams
PART I Water and Wastewater Operations: An Overview
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2 Sick Water
Chapter 3 The Challenges
Chapter 4
Water/Wastewater Operations
Chapter 5 Plant Security
Chapter 6
Water/Wastewater References, Models & Terminology PART II Water/Wastewater
Operations: Math, Physics & Technical Aspects
Chapter 7 Water/Wastewater Math
Operations
Chapter 8 Water Hydraulics
Chapter 9 Hydraulic Machines: Pumps
Chapter 10 Water/Wastewater Conveyance PART III Characteristics of Water
Chapter 11 Basic Water Chemistry
Chapter 12 Water Microbiology
Chapter 13
Water Ecology
Chapter 14 Water Quality
Chapter 15 Biomonitoring, Monitoring,
Sampling and Testing PART IV Water and Water Treatment
Chapter 16 Potable
Water Source
Chapter 17 Water Treatment Operations PART V Wastewater and
Wastewater Treatment
Chapter 18 Wastewater Treatment Operations
Chapter 19
Practice Exam
Frank R. Spellman is a retired U.S. Naval Officer with 26 years of active duty, a retired Environmental Safety & Health Manager for a large Wastewater Sanitation District in Virginia, and a retired Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. The author/co-author of more than 160 books, Spellman consults on environmental matters with the U.S. Department of Justice and various law firms and environmental entities throughout the globe. Spellman holds a BA in Public Administration, BS in Business Management, an MBA, and an MS/PhD in Environmental Engineering. In 2011/2012, he traced and documented the ancient water distribution system at Machu Pichu, Peru, and surveyed several drinking water resources in Coco and Amazonia, Ecuador. He also studied and surveyed two separate potable water supplies in the Galapagos Islands.
