Water Supply Systems: New Technologies

✍ Scribed by Thomas G. Sanders, Vujica Yevjevieh (auth.), Čedo Maksimović, Francesco Calomino, John Snoxell (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 598
• Series: NATO ASI Series 15
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Technology now affects almost every aspect of Water Supply Management, Operation, Planning and Design; the speed of development means that assessing what is "new" is sometimes difficult. Old ideas can now be applied because of new technology; technology is now revealing problems that were unnoticed 10 years ago. Some emerging technologies promise much but are still underdeveloped for use in real world conditions, while we should always remember that "new" technology depends upon the state of development in respective countries, a point which is particularly relevant to the NATO Advanced Study Institute, for which this book has been produced. Thus our objective in producing the book has been to highlight, in a wide range of technical areas, where and how technology is being applied, what is "new" and what the limitations of these technologies are in the real world. We have also tried to provide an European and American perspective where possible to illustrate how problems are tackled in different cultural environments. It is probably true that "technology" is also somewhat dependent upon the political, economic and organisational climate in different countries and we have included a chapter covering these aspects.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-5
Urban Water Demand....Pages 7-17
Water Demand Has a Threshold....Pages 19-24
Availability and Selection of Sources of Water for Water Supply Systems....Pages 25-41
New Concepts for Water Supply Systems....Pages 43-57
Pollution Control for Urban Water Supply Systems....Pages 59-70
Wastewater Reuse — a Worldwide Issue....Pages 71-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-87
Construction Methods and Pipe Structural Requirements....Pages 89-109
Water Transfer Within Brussels Water Services....Pages 111-125
Transfer of Water and Data Management in Wessex Water — UK....Pages 127-144
Control Valves — Principles of Operation....Pages 145-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-164
New Technologies for Water Treatment: General Aspects....Pages 165-183
New Technologies for Water Treatment: Case Studies....Pages 185-210
Treatment of Drinking Water in the United States on the Threshold of the 21st Century....Pages 211-253
Front Matter....Pages 255-258
Control of Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water: Regulations and Costs....Pages 259-273
Control of Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water: Case Studies of Alternative Disinfection Technologies....Pages 275-292
Technological Aspects of Advanced Processes of Coagulation and Flocculation in Water Treatment....Pages 293-306
Study of Floc-Blanket Clarifier, Combined with Lamella Settlement under the Condition of Prolonged Coagulation....Pages 307-321
Front Matter....Pages 323-325
Measurement Methods for Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Existing Systems....Pages 327-348
Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Existing Systems....Pages 349-365
Front Matter....Pages 367-369
Water Supply Network Modelling and its Application in Design, Planning and Operational Management....Pages 371-399
Front Matter....Pages 367-369
Object-Oriented Hydroinformatics Tools for Water Distribution Analysis....Pages 401-417
Front Matter....Pages 419-422
Pumping Stations and Transient Flow Analysis....Pages 423-450
Object-Oriented Tools for Transient Flow Analysis....Pages 451-462
Front Matter....Pages 463-465
Relevant GIS and Remote Sensing Technology: Theoretical Considerations....Pages 467-489
Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Water Supply: Applications....Pages 491-526
Application of GIS in Analysis and Design of Water Supply Systems....Pages 527-536
Geographical Infomation Systems and Digital Mapping for Water Supply Inventory....Pages 537-552
Front Matter....Pages 553-558
Historical and Institutional Aspects....Pages 559-563
Management Options....Pages 565-571
Quality Management in Water Supply....Pages 573-587
Examples of Existing Management Systems in Europe....Pages 589-595
Institutional Framework for Training of Specialists for Water Supply Sysytems....Pages 597-605
Back Matter....Pages 607-616

✦ Subjects

Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Earth Sciences, general; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences