Water Encyclopedia

Publisher John Wiley & Sons

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eBook

2nd Edition 1st Edition

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Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Volume

Copyright

2005

ISBN13

9780471478447

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eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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Overview

The Water Encyclopedia offers a comprehensive depository of all information relating to the scientific and technological aspects of the world's most important natural resource -- water. The role of water in science, engineering and society requires a one-stop location to find whatever information is available on the cutting edge of the 21st century. This book is a resource for useful public domain data. Its focus is expert narrative on all water-related subjects.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Staff Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Preface.
Acknowlegments.
Contributors.
1: Domestic Water Supply.
2: The Arsenic Drinking Water Crisis in Bangladesh.
3: Bottled Water.
4: Corrosion Control in Drinking Water Systems.
5: Economics of Residential Water Demands.
6: Gray Water Reuse in Households.
7: Water and Human Health.
8: Nitrate Health Effects.
9: Domestic Water Supply—Public–Private Partnership.
10: Methods of Reducing Radon in Drinking Water.
11: Water Reuse.
12: Roof Drainage Hydraulics.
13: Septic Tank Systems.
14: Domestic Solar Water Heaters.
15: Household Drinking Water Treatment and Safe Storage.
16: Virus Transport in the Subsurface.
17: Windmills.
18: Municipal Water Supply.
19: Mixing and Agitation in Water Treatment Systems.
20: Arsenic in Natural Waters.
21: Evaluation of Microbial Components of Biofouling.
22: Threat Agents and Water Biosecurity.
23: Granular Activated Carbon.
24: Competitive Adsorption of Several Organics and Heavy Metals on Activated Carbon in Water.
25: A Real-Time Hydrological Information System for Cities.
26: Chlorine and Chlorine Residuals.
27: Modeling Chlorine Residuals in Urban Water Distribution Systems.
28: Particulate Matter Removal by Coagulation.
29: Selective Coagulant Recovery from Water Treatment Plant Residuals Using the Domain Membrane Process.
30: Physical Water Conditioning.
31: Consumer Confidence Reports.
32: Water Conservation Measures.
33: Preventing Well Contamination.
34: Corrosion Control.
35: Cross Connection and Backflow Prevention.
36: Molecular-Based Detection of Cryptosporidium Parvum in Water.
37: Cryptosporidium.
38: Measuring Cryptosporidium Parvum Oocyst Inactivation Following Disinfection with Ultraviolet Light.
39: Dechlorination.
40: Desalination.
41: Diatomaceous Earth Filtration for Drinking Water.
42: Emerging Waterborne Infectious Diseases.
43: Improving Waterborne Disease Surveil
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