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Essential Water and Wastewater Calculations for Engineers and Operators — an invaluable resource for anyone involved in the analysis, design, operation, protection, and management of water and wastewater infrastructure systems. It marks the first time that a comprehensive collection of water and wastewater calculation procedures, with detailed step-by-step examples, has been presented in one easy to read volume.
Communities around the world depend on environmental and water resources engineers to effectively manage storm runoff in a safe, reliable manner. They also take responsibility for making water palatable and safe to drink, and treating wastewater for benign return to the environment.
To accomplish these vital tasks, practicing engineers maintain a vast library of references, each of which covers bits and pieces of the myriad problems they face. The new MWH Soft volume, written by world-renowned industry experts, offers a single quick, practical reference guide for modeling and analyzing water supply, wastewater treatment, and storm water collection systems.
The book includes hundreds of water and wastewater engineering calculations, ranging from simple to complex. Each is accompanied by easy to follow, step-by-step procedures and an example illustrating the procedure’s most important concepts. This approach allows engineers to study the basic calculations and principles involved, then apply them to actual problems they encounter in water and wastewater engineering applications. It also equips these professionals with an invaluable on-the-job reference.
Chapter 1 begins with a review of fluid properties and the fundamental principles of fluid flow. Chapter 2 covers flow through pressurized conduits, and Chapter 3 describes gravity flow through open channel systems. Chapter 4 provides a review of flow measurement and control devices, including orifices, venturis, manifolds, weirs, and flumes, and discusses spatially varied flow in distribution and collection channels. Chapter 5 covers pump hydraulics, including selection and design of pumps for various applications.
The final three chapters focus on applying these principles in water supply, wastewater treatment, and storm water management systems. Chapter 6 describes ways of evaluating water demand and treatment alternatives and looks at methods for the hydraulic analysis of water supply and distribution networks. Chapter 7 describes techniques for estimating wastewater loads and treating domestic and industrial wastewater, concluding with a discussion of sanitary sewer design and the analysis of a corresponding hydraulic gradient. Chapter 8 covers the determination of a design storm and subsequent rainfall runoff analysis. It presents various methods for modeling the transformation of a rainfall event into a runoff event, then explains the design of effective collection systems, including street gutters, inlets, and storm sewers. Attention is also paid to storm water quality.
Because these important topics are presented so succinctly, include such a wide variety of solved examples, the book is an essential addition to any technical reference library. It allows engineers and operators to access topics and solution methods as needed, without having to sift through pages of miscellaneous information unrelated to the problem at hand.
Mastery of these analyses will lead to better water and wastewater engineering practice, helping engineers design, build, operate, and sustain safer, more reliable urban infrastructures, enhance people’s lives, and improve communities everywhere.
"Because the design and service of most water and wastewater systems will long outlive those who create them, the specialist who wisely applies the principles summarized in this important and useful book will contribute to the ongoing stewardship of this precious resource. The authors are commended for bringing an excellent and unprecedented reference to our noble industry. I highly recommend it."
-- Mark W. LeChevallier, Ph.D, Director, Innovation & Environmental Stewardship, American Water, Voorhees, NJ
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