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Water and Wastewater Treatment: A Guide for the Nonengineering Professional

Joanne E. Drinan, Frank R. Spellman

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Introduction Current Issues in Water and Wastewater Treatment Operations Basics of Water Treatment Water Regulations, Parameters, and Characteristics Water Purification: System Overview Sources, Intake, and Screening Coagulation and Flocculation Sedimentation Filtration Disinfection Distribution Basics of Wastewater Treatment Wastewater Regulations, Parameters, and Characteristics Wastewater Sources and Types Wastewater Treatment: Basic Overview Collection Systems Preliminary Treatment Primary Sedimentation Biological Treatment Secondary Sedimentation Advanced Treatment Wastewater Disinfection Discharge Effluent Basics of Water and Wastewater Solids Treatment and Management Water Solids Management: System Overview Water Solids Treatment and Disposal Wastewater Biosolids Management: System Overview Wastewater Biosolids Treatment Wastewater Biosolids Disposal Glossary Index

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Key concepts: Biosolids, Wastewater, Sewage treatment, Effluent, Sedimentation, Environmental science, Waste management, Filtration (mathematics)