HANDBOOK OF WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
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By Nicholas P Cheremisinoff, Consulting Engineer, Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, Ph.D. (Ch.E.) is an internationally recognized consulting engineer who has conducted hundreds
of pollution prevention audits and environmental catastrophes.
Description This Handbook is an authoritative reference for process and plant engineers, water treatment plant operators and environmental consultants.
Practical information is provided for application to the treatment of drinking water and to industrial and municipal wastewater. The
author presents material for those concerned with meeting government regulations, reducing or avoiding fines for violations, and making
cost-effective decisions while producing a high quality of water via physical, chemical, and thermal techniques.
Included in the texts
are sidebar discussions, questions for thinking and discussing, recommended resources for the reader, and a comprehensive glossary.
Two companion books by Cheremisinoff are available:
Handbook of Air Pollution Control Technologies, and Handbook of Solid Waste Management
and Waste Minimization Technologies.
Audience
Primary: Process engineers; pollution control engineers; pollution prevention specialists; environmental, health and safety professionals;
environmental managers; environmental consultants and consulting firms; equipment manufacturers and suppliers; treatment plant operators;
treatment facilities (e.g., municipal water treatment facilities); chemical processing industries.
Secondary: Undergraduate and graduate
students seeking Environmental Engineering degree; students taking courses in Environmental Engineering Processes, Theory of Treatment
Processes, Solid Waste Engineering, Environmental Control of Oil and Hazardous Materials.
Contents An Overview of Water and Wastewater Treatment; Introduction; What We Mean by Water Purification; The Clean Water Act; Introducing the
Physical Treatment Methods; Introducing Chemical Treatment; Energy Intensive Treatment Technologies; Water Treatment in General; Some
General Comments; List of Abbreviations Used in this Chapter; Recommended Resources for the Reader; Questions for Thinking and Discussing;
What Filtration Is All About; Introduction; Terminology and Governing Equations; Filtration Dvnamics; Wastewater Treatment Applications;
Key Words; Nomenclature; Recommended Resources for the Reader; Questions for Thinking and Discussing; Chemical Additives that Enhance
Filtration; Introduction; Aluminum Based Chemical Additive Compounds; Iron-Based Compounds; Lime; Soda Ash; Liquid Caustic Soda; Filter
Aids; Recommended Resources for the Reader; Questions for Thinking and Discussing; Selecting the Right Filter Media; Introduction; Types
of Filter Media to Choose From; Rigid Filter Media; General Properties of Loose and Granular Media; Filter Media Selection Criteria;
Recommended Resources for the Reader; Questions for Thinking and Discussing; What Pressure- and Cake-Filtration Are All About; Introduction;
Constant Pressure Differential Filtration; Constant-Rate Filtration; Variable-Rate and -Pressure Filtration; Constant-Pressure and -Rate
Filtration; Filter-Medium Filtration Formulas; Cake Filtration Equipment; Nomenclature; Recommended Resources for the Reader; Questions
for Thinking and Discussing; Cartridge and Other Filters Worth Mentioning; Introduction; Cartridge Filters; The Tilting Pan Filter; The
Table Filter; Questions for Thinking and Discussing; What Sand Filtration is All About; Introduction; Water Treatment Plant Operations;
Granular Media Filtration; Let's Take a Closer Look at Sand Filters; Slow Sand Filtration; Rapid Sand Filtration; Chemical Mixing and
Solids Contact Processes; Recommended Resources for the Reader; Questions for Thinking and Discussing; Sedimentation, Clarification,
Flotation, and Coalescence; Introduction; Let's Look at How a Single Particle Behaves in a Suspension; Gravity Sedimentation; The Sedimentation
Process in Greater Detail; A Closer Look at Mechanical Clarification Process and the Chemistry of Clarification; Rectangular Sedimentation
Tanks; Air Flotation Systems; Separation Using Coalescers; Nomenclature; Recommended Resources for the Reader; Questions for Thinking
and Discussing; Membrane Separation Technologies; Introduction; An Overview of Membrane Processes; What Electrodialysis Is; What Ultrafiltration
Is; What Microfiltration and Nanofiltration Are; What Reverse Osmosis Is; Recommended Resources for the Reader; Questions for Thinking
and Discussing; Ion Exchange and Carbon Adsorption; Introduction; Theory and Practice of Ion Exchange; Carbon Adsorption in Water Treatment;
Some Final Comments on Both Technologies; Recommended Resources for the Reader; Questions for Thinking and Discussing; Water Sterilization
Technologies; Introduction; What Waterborne Diseases Are; Treatment Options Available to US; Ozonation; Ultraviolet Radiation; Electron
Beam; Biology of Aquatic Systems; Disinfection by Chlorination; Disinfection with Interhalogens and Halogen Mixtures; Sterilization Using
Ozone; Treating the Sludge; Introduction; What Sludge Is; What Stabilization and Conditioning Mean; Sludge Dewatering Operations; Volume
Reduction; What Finally Happens to Sludge after Volume Reduction; Final Comments and Evaluating Economics; Recommended Resources for
the Reader; Questions for Thinking and Discussing; Glossary; Index
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