Water Engineering

Details the design and process of water supply systems, tracing the progression from source to sink

A clean water supply with sufficient quantity and pressure is necessary for public health and fire protection. Increasing urbanization and industrialization, however, places high levels of stress on water supply systems. Acceptable quality and sufficient sources of water for municipal purposes are becoming more difficult to find. New and improved water resources conservation, treatment and distribution technologies are constantly being researched and developed in order to keep up with the growing demand for water. An effective design for drinking water systems relies on an understanding and application of scientific principles. Environmental engineers employ diverse biological, physical, and chemical techniques to extract and treat water from a variety of resources including surface water, groundwater, seawater, and rain/snow.

Water Engineering: Hydraulics, Distribution and Treatment, discusses water quality, quantity, pressure and delivery subjects, variations and deals with different infrastructural components of municipal water systems, such as collection, purification, transmission, and distribution works. It also discusses the ways in which these systems and treatments supplement one another to produce a purified water supply with sufficient quantity and pressure, that meets the needs of the population.

It features:

• An organized and logical flow, tracing the connections in the water supply system from the water's source to its eventual use
• Design of water-supply infrastructure and water treatment processes
• Useful references for practicing water engineers who require a more in-depth, higher level description of drinking water systems as well as senior and graduate students in preparation for the FE/PE examinations
• Many design examples and homework questions in both SI and US units
• Fundamentals and practical examples so as to connect theory with the realities of water system design