TY - BOOK AU - Drinan,Joanne AU - Spellman,Frank R. AU - Drinan,Joanne TI - Water and wastewater treatment SN - 9781439854006 (hbk. : alk paper) U1 - 628.1 PY - 2013/// CY - Boca Raton, FL PB - CRC Press KW - Water KW - Sewage KW - Water treatment plants KW - Sewage disposal plants KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply N1 - Previous ed. has title: Water & wastewater treatment; Included Index; Current issues in water and wastewater treatment operations -- Water regulations, parameters and characteristics -- Water purification : system overview -- Sources, intake and screening -- Coagulation and flocculation -- Sedimentation -- Filtration -- Disinfection -- Distribution -- Wastewater regulations, parameters and characteristics -- Wastewater sources and types -- Wastewater treatment : basic overview -- Collection systems -- Preliminary treatment -- Primary sedimentation -- Biological treatment -- Secondary sedimentation -- Advanced treatment -- Wastewater disinfection -- Discharge effluent -- Water solids treatment and disposal -- Wastewater biosolids management : system overview -- Wastewater biosolids treatment -- Wastewater biosolids disposal N2 - "Designed to meet the information needs of professionals without an engineering background, this book describes and explains in simple, non-mathematical terms the unit processes used to treat both drinking water and wastewater. The text presents each unit process, states what function(s) it performs, illustrates what equipment it uses, and explains its role in the process of purifying or cleaning water. Now featuring summary sections, each chapter in this second edition has been fully updated and revised to present the latest regulatory and technological advancements as well as new drinking and wastewater regulatory requirements"-- ER -