Water quality / by Joseph A. Ritter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ritter, Joseph A.

Contributor:

American Water Works Association.

Series:

Principles and practices of water supply operations.

Principles and practices of water supply operations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water quality.

Water quality--Measurement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Denver, Colo. : American Water Works Association, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This college text teaches the basics of water quality. Chapters cover US drinking water regulations, lab analysis, and equipment, water sampling, properties of water, microbes, organic and inorganic contaminants, and customer complaint investigation. Part four of a five-volume series on drinking-water supply operations.

Contents:

""Water Quality""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Public Water Supply Regulations""; ""SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT""; ""CURRENT AND FUTURE RULES AFFECTING DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS""; ""DRINKING WATER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS""; ""SPECIAL REGULATION REQUIREMENTS""; ""SELECTED SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS""; ""Water Quality Monitoring""; ""SAMPLING""; ""MONITORING FOR CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS""; ""LABORATORY CERTIFICATION""; ""RECORD KEEPING AND SAMPLE LABELING""; ""SAMPLE PRESERVATION, STORAGE, AND TRANSPORTATION""; ""SELECTED SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS""

""Water Laboratory Equipment and Instruments""""LABWARE""; ""MAJOR LABORATORY EQUIPMENT""; ""SAFETY EQUIPMENT""; ""SUPPORT EQUIPMENT""; ""ANALYTICAL LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS""; ""SELECTED SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS""; ""Microbiological Contaminants""; ""HISTORY""; ""INDICATOR ORGANISMS""; ""HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT (HPC) PROCEDURE""; ""SELECTED SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS""; ""Physical and Aggregate Properties of Water""; ""ACIDITY""; ""ALKALINITY""; ""CALCIUM CARBONATE STABILITY""; ""COAGULANT EFFECTIVENESS""; ""COLOR""; ""CONDUCTIVITY""; ""HARDNESS""; ""TASTE AND ODOR""; ""TEMPERATURE""

""TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS""""TURBIDITY""; ""SELECTED SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS""; ""Inorganic Chemicals""; ""CARBON DIOXIDE""; ""CHLROINE RESIDUAL AND DEMAND""; ""DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS""; ""DISSOLVED OXYGEN""; ""INORGANIC METALS""; ""FLUORIDE""; ""IRON""; ""MANGANESE""; ""SELECTED SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS""; ""Organic Contaminants""; ""NATURAL ORGANIC SUBSTANCES""; ""SYNTHETIC ORGANIC SUBSTANCES""; ""HEALTH EFFECTS OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS""; ""MEASUREMENT OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS""; ""SELECTED SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS""; ""Radiological Contaminants""; ""RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS""

""RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS IN WATER""""ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OF RADIOACTIVITY""; ""RADIONUCLIDE MONITORING REQUIREMENTS""; ""SELECTED SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS""; ""Customer Inquiries and Complaint Investigation""; ""GENERAL PRINCIPLES""; ""SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS""; ""SELECTED SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Water quality. 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61300-111-8

OCLC:

922966845