Improvements in the seventh edition include
- New material on water quality standards, water and wastewater treatment process design, water distribution system analysis and design, water quality, advanced wastewater treatment for recycling, storm water management and urban hydrology
- Major revisions of the sections on water supply and use, water distribution, hydraulics and hydrology of sewer and strom drainage systmes, monitoring of drinking water for pathogens, membrane filtration, disinfection/disinfection by-products rule, biological treatment processes, and indirect reuse to augment drinking water supply
- The latest version of EPANET is introduced. This water distribution network model offers students and opportunity to address problems of all scale and to become acquainted with state-of-the-art software used by practitioners.
- New topics such as security of potable water supplies, the use of membranes in water treatment, and the application of Geographical Information System (GIS) to water supply and wastewater management problems have been introduced.
- More practical examples and many new problems have been added.
Chapter 1 Intorduction
Chapter 2 Water Management
Chapter 3 Water Resources Development
Chapter 4 Water Use
Chapter 5 Wastewater Generation
Chapter 6 Conveying and Distributing Water
Chapter 7 Wastewater and Strom Water Systems
Chapter 8 Water Quality
Chapter 9 Systems for Treating Wastewater and Water
Chapter 10 Physical Treatment Processes
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