Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations.Lewis.pdf

Frank R. Spellman
Handbook of
Water and Wastewater
Treatment Plant
Operations
LEWIS PUBLISHERS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Spellman, Frank R.
Handbook of water & wastewater treatment plant operations / by Frank R. Spellman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56670-627-0 (alk. paper)
1. Water—treatment plants—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Sewage disposal
plants—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Water—PuriÞcation—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 4.
Sewage—PuriÞcation—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title: Handbook of water and
wastewater treatment plant operations. II. Title.
2003
¢62—dc21 2003040119
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