Available:*
Library | Item Barcode | Call Number | Material Type | Item Category 1 | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Searching... | 30000010169750 | TD257 G72 2008 | Open Access Book | Book | Searching... |
On Order
Summary
Summary
This textbook provides a comprehensive review of the problems associated with the supply of drinking water in the developed world. Since the first edition of this book was published, water companies and regulators have been presented with numerous new challenges - global warming has seriously affected water supplies and water quality; advances in chemical and microbial analysis have revealed many new contaminants in water that were previously undetectable; and recent terrorist attacks have demonstrated how vulnerable water supplies are to contamination or disruption. This new edition includes an overview of the current and emerging problems, with potential solutions. It has been completely updated, and includes the WHO Revised Drinking Water Guidelines. An ideal textbook for courses in environmental science, hydrology, environmental health and environmental engineering; it also provides an authoritative reference for practitioners and professionals in the water supply industry.
Reviews 1
Choice Review
Satisfied with your drinking water? Gray notes that consumers of some of the highest quality drinking water are unhappy with it. From his base at the University of Dublin, Gray describes the structure, regulation, and operation of an experienced and diversified water supply industry in the UK and Ireland. Gray addresses water quality problems and solutions in a concise but inclusive survey that integrates British, European, US, and World Health Organization standards into an essential guide for undergraduate and graduate students in environmental science or engineering. From the construction of the water industry, through water management, treatment, storage, and distribution, this truly interdisciplinary book addresses the problems and details the solutions to chemical, biological, and even geographical challenges. Current public health concerns such as water hardness, pathogens, pesticides, and electrochemical corrosion are summarized and referenced for further study. Although the convenience of piped water is only universal in a minority of the world's countries, safe drinking water cannot be guaranteed in any country and improvement is costly but necessary. Highly recommended. Undergraduate through professional; two-year technical program students. R. M. Ferguson; Eastern Connecticut State University
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| Glossary |
| Part I Introduction to Water Supply |
| 1 The water business |
| 2 Drinking water standards and risk |
| 3 A quick guide to the problems |
| Part II Problems with the Resource |
| 4 Sources of water |
| 5 Nitrate and nitrite |
| 6 Pesticides and organic micro-pollutants |
| 7 Endocrine disrupting compounds and PPCPs |
| 8 Odour and taste |
| 9 Metals |
| 10 Hardness and total dissolved solids |
| 11 Algae and algal toxins |
| 12 Radon and radioactivity |
| 13 Pathogens |
| Part III Problems Arising from Water Treatment |
| 14 Water treatment |
| 15 Aluminium and acrylamide |
| 16 Odour and taste |
| 17 Fluoridation |
| 18 Disinfection by-products |
| 19 Monitoring and removal of pathogens |
| Part IV Problems Arising in the Distribution System |
| 20 The distribution network |
| 21 Aesthetic quality |
| 22 Asbestos |
| 23 Coal tar linings and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| 24 Animals on tap |
| 25 Pathogens in the distribution system |
| Part V Problems in Household Plumbing |
| 26 Household plumbing systems |
| 27 Corrosion and metal contamination from pipework and fittings |
| 28 Micro-organisms, fibres and taste |
| Part VI The Water We Drink |
| 29 Alternatives to tap water |
| 30 Water security in the twenty-first century |
| 31 Final analysis |
| Appendices |
| Index |
