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Water Supply
โ Scribed by Alan C. Twort, BSc, FICE, FCIWEM, Don D. Ratnayaka, BSc, DIC, MSc, FIChem E, FCIWEM, and Malcolm J. Brandt, BSc, MICE, MCIWEM (Eds.)
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โฆ Table of Contents
Content:
Preface, Pages ix-x, Alan C. Twort, Don D. Ratnayaka, Malcolm J. Brandt
Contributing Authors, Reviewers and Advisors, Pages xi-xii
Abbreviations used in bibliographies, Page xiii
1 - Public water supply requirement and its measurement, Pages 1-35
2 - The organisation and financing of public water supplies, Pages 36-62
3 - Hydrology and surface supplies, Pages 63-113
4 - Groundwater supplies, Pages 114-151,I-II
5 - Dams, impounding reservoirs and river intakes, Pages 152-195,III-X
6 - Chemistry, microbiology and biology of water, Pages 196-266,XI
7 - Storage, clarification and filtration of water, Pages 267-369,XII-XVII
8 - Specialised and advanced water treatment processes, Pages 370-428,XVIII-XX
9 - Disinfection of water, Pages 429-462,XXI
10 - Hydraulics, Pages 463-498
11 - Service reservoirs, Pages 499-521,XXII
12 - Pumping plant: Electrical, control and instrumentation systems, Pages 522-558,XXIII-XXIV
13 - Pipes, pipeline construction and valves, Pages 559-612,XXV
14 - Pipeline and distribution system design and analysis, Pages 613-637
15 - Distribution practice, Pages 638-666,XXVI-XXVIII
Conversion factors, Pages 667-668
Index, Pages 669-676
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