Water Supply

Front Cover

Water Supply

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Contributing authors, reviewers and advisors

Abbreviations used in bibliographies

Chapter 1. Public water supply requirement and its measurement

Chapter 2. The organisation and financing of public water supplies

Chapter 3. Hydrology and surface supplies

Part I – Hydrological considerations

Part II – Yield of surface sources

Chapter 4. Groundwater supplies

Chapter 5. Dams, impounding reservoirs and river intakes

Chapter 6. Chemistry, microbiology and biology of water

Part I – Significant chemicals and physico-chemical parameters in water

Part II – Water quality standards for chemical and physical parameters

Part III – Water microbiology

Part IV – Water biology

Part V – New and emerging issues

Chapter 7. Storage, clarification and filtration of water

Part I – Storage, screening, sedimentation and clarification

Part II – Water filtration methods and sludge disposal

Chapter 8. Specialised and advanced water treatment processes

Chapter 9. Disinfection of water

Chapter 10. Hydraulics

Chapter 11. Service reservoirs

Chapter 12. Pumping plant: electrical, control and instrumentation systems

Chapter 13. Pipes, pipeline construction and valves

Chapter 14. Pipeline and distribution system design and analysis

Chapter 15. Distribution practice

Conversion factors

Index

Plate Section