Engineering - Water and Wastewater Treatment Tech Handbook.pdf

HANDBOOK OF WATER AND
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
TECHNOLOGIES
Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, .
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CONTENTS
Preface, vii
In Memory, ix
About the Author, x
Foreword, xi
Chapter 1. An Overview of Water and Wastewater Treatment, 1
Introduction, 1
What We Mean by Water F’urification, 4
The Clean Water Act, 26
Introducing the Physical Treatment Methods, 33
Introducing Chemical Treatment, 37
Energy Intensive Treatment Technologies, 40
Water Treatment in General, 42
Some ments, 56
List of Abbreviations Used in this Chapter, 57
mended Resources for the Reader, 58
Questions for Thinking and Discussing, 60
Chapter 2. What Filtration Is All About, 62
Introduction, 62
Terminology and Governing Equations, 63
Filtration Dynamics, 72
Wastewater Treatment Applications, 78
Key Words, 81
Nomenclature, 86
mended Resources for the Reader, 87
Questions for Thinking and Discussing, 89
Chapter 3. Chemical Additi