O'Connor / Twait Water Treatment Plant Performance Evaluations and Operations

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-43146-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 308 Seiten, E-Book

Water treatment is a growing field in North America, with seventy US states and localities and ten Canadian provinces requiring certification for water treatment plant operators. This book provides a step-by-step look at the most current water treatment technologies, balancing academic theory and professional practice. A compilation of studies conducted over the past decade at the Bloomington, Illinois Water Treatment Plant, it presents studies that are useful as templates for comparable long-term studies at other water utilities. This is an unparalleled gathering of techniques, processes, and data, including test results for every potential taste and odor control method.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Connor, John

O'Connor, John T.

O'Connor, Tom

Twait, Rick

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Chapter 1. Microscopic Particle Analysis.
Chapter 2. Plant Process Evaluations.
Chapter 3. Lime Softening.
Chapter 4. Acidification Protocol.
Chapter 5. Filter Operations.
Chapter 6. Grit Removal.
Chapter 7. Lime Softener Performance Enhancements.
Chapter 8. Lime Softener Operational Enhancements.
Chapter 9. Granular Activated Carbon.
Chapter 10. Plant Operations Manual.
Chapter 11. Taste-and-Odor Control.
Chapter 12. GAC Adsorption and Microbial Degradation.
Appendix A. Procedures for Total Bacterial Cell Count byEpifluorescence Microscopy.
Appendix B. Potential Studies Involving Microscopic ParticleAnalysis: Particle Identification, Enumeration, and Sizing.
Appendix C. Development of Operator Guidelines
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. John T. O'connor, PE, is the CEO of H2O'CEngineering in Columbia, Missouri (www.h2oc.com). He earned his BSin civil engineering from The Cooper Union and his doctorate inengineering from The Johns Hopkins University. He has also servedas the chief of the Illinois State Water Survey and as chairman ofthe Department of Civil Engineering at the University ofMissouri-Columbia. Dr. O'Connor has authored over 100 technicalpublications related to water quality and treatment.
Tom O'connor, PE, is a principal of H2O'C Engineeringin Columbia, Missouri (www.h2oc.com). He earned a bachelor's degreein electrical engineering and a master's in business administrationfrom the University of Missouri; is an expert in environmental andenergy issues; and specializes in the design, evaluation,optimization, and modeling of water and wastewater systems.
Rick Twait earned a bachelor's degree in environmental sciencefrom Bradley University and is Superintendent of Water Purificationat the Bloomington, Illinois, Water Treatment Plant. He is anaquatic biologist, limnologist, and former researcher at theIllinois State Water Survey.