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Introduction to water resource recovery facility design / edited by Thomas E. Jenkins, Daniel A. Nolasco.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Jenkins, Thomas E., 1950- editor.
Nolasco, Daniel A., editor.
Water Environment Federation, issuing body.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sewage disposal plants--Design and construction.
Sewage disposal plants.
Sewage--Purification.
Sewage.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxxi, 570 pages) : illustrations, figs., tables.
Edition:
2nd edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education LLC., c2015.
Summary:
Fully updated for the latest regulations and standards, this Water Environment Federation book provides students and practicing engineers with the information on both the design of water treatment facilities and the processes required to meet current and future regulations.
Contents:
A. About wef
B. About the editors
C. Acknowledgments
List of figures
List of tables
1. Fundamentals
Introduction
Water quality
Options for municipal wastewater treatment
Materials balance
Engineering economics and financing aspects
Value engineering
Conclusions
References
Symbols used in this chapter
2. The design process
Project participants
Project delivery models
Project sequence and design standards
Sources, quantities, and characteristics of municipal wastewater
Occupational safety
Site selection
Process options and selection
Facility layout
3. Hydraulics
Hydraulic considerations
Fundamentals of hydraulic engineering
Unit process hydraulics and other hydraulic elements
Pumps and pumping
Common problems encountered in facility hydraulics
Design examples
4. Preliminary treatment
Screening
Grit removal
Septage
Equalization
5. Primary treatment
Primary settling
Enhanced settling
Sludge collection and removal
Scum collection and disposal
Co-thickening with waste activated sludge
Fine screens
Downstream process considerations
Design example
6. Suspended-growth biological treatment
The activated sludge process
Anaerobic treatment of wastewater
Process configuration alternatives
Oxygen transfer
Secondary settling
Membrane bioreactors
7. Attached-growth biological treatment
Trickling filters
Rotating biological contactors
Combined biological treatment
Developing fixed-film processes
Secondary clarification
8. Biological nutrient removal
Phosphorus-removal processes
Nitrogen-removal processes
Simultaneous phosphorus- and nitrogen-removal processes
Design considerations
9. Natural treatment systems
Soil absorption systems
Pond systems
Land treatment systems
Floating aquatic systems
Constructed wetlands
10. Physical and chemical processes
Process selection considerations
Secondary effluent filtration
Activated carbon adsorption
Chemical treatment
Chemical feed systems
Membrane processes
References.
11. Ancillary processes
Disinfection
Disinfection kinetics
Chlorine disinfection
Ultraviolet disinfection
Other disinfection processes
Effluent reoxygenation
Channel aeration
Odor control
12. Production and transport of wastewater solids
Sludge quantities
Sludge characteristics
Liquid residuals and biosolids storage
Liquid residuals transport
Dewatered sludge storage
Dewatered sludge transport
Dried sludge transport
13. Conditioning of solids
Chemical conditioning
Thermal conditioning
Freeze?thaw conditioning
14. Stabilization
Anaerobic digestion
Aerobic digestion
Autothermal thermophilic aerobic digestion
Composting
Alkaline stabilization
Sludge combustion
15. Thickening, dewatering, and drying solids
Gravity thickening
Dissolved-air flotation thickening
Gravity belt thickening
Other methods of thickening
Centrifugal thickening and dewatering
Belt press dewatering
Filter press dewatering
Drying bed dewatering
Other dewatering methods
Thermal drying
16. Beneficial use and ultimate disposal
40 cfr part 503 regulations
Land application
Landfills
Dedicated land disposal
Ash use and disposal
Distribution and marketing
Heat drying
Lime stabilization
Symbols used in this chapter.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on Apr. 22, 2015.
ISBN:
9780071850445
0071850449
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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