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The Drinking Water Handbook is a systematic explanation of the many processes employed to make water safe to drink. It clarifies the laws that set the standards for quality and investigates the physical, chemical and microbiological parameters that must be modified to produce potable and good-tasting water. Careful attention is paid to present and emerging technologies that result in high-quality drinking water: purification, filtration, disinfection, distribution, and more. The book discusses the relation of water reuse to the hydrologic cycle and explains what is being done to mitigate growing concerns about disinfection by-products.
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Spellman offers a sound book describing the issues associated with the delivery of safe drinking water to the public. This handbook includes 11 chapters containing information on the water cycle, the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act, raw water supplies, distribution systems, chemical and physical properties of water, contamination issues, and laboratory testing. The usual ranges of such measures as water hardness, coliform density, and dissolved oxygen as well as the national drinking water standards are presented. Sample calculations of coliform density and threshold odor number are illustrated. Public health issues discussed include descriptions of the nature of bacteria, viruses, and other microbes. The contamination of drinking water by Giardia and Cryptosporidium as well as the problems caused by these parasites are explained. The handbook's best features are its definitions of scientific vocabulary and jargon associated with water treatment, management, distribution, basic science, engineering, and drinking water regulations. Recommended for libraries serving students enrolled in engineering and technology programs, training programs for operators of water treatment facilities, and environmental science degree programs, as well as for journalists covering environmental affairs and local government. Upper-division undergraduates and up. ; McNeese State University
