| Water Filtration Practice: Including Slow Sand Filters and Precoat Filtration Contributor(s): Logsdon, Gary S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583215956 ISBN-13: 9781583215951 Publisher: American Water Works Association OUR PRICE: $69.35 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2008 Annotation: Written for experienced plant staff, this book covers granular media filters, identification of deficiencies, and optimization with rapid gravity filtration or pressure processes, plus information on slow sand filters and precoat filtration. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Water Supply - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 628.164 |
| LCCN: 2008029708 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7" W x 9.8" (1.45 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Water operators will find a wealth of hands-on information on the operation and maintenance of pretreatment, rapid-rate granular media filtration, slow-sand filtration, and diatomaceous-earth filtration systems in this book. This practical guide provides recommended procedures for operating, monitoring, and maintaining all types of filters used for conventional water treatment. These procedures are tested and time-proven by hundreds of water utilities and filtration experts to provide high filter efficiency, excellent water quality, long filter runs and minimum downtime. The book also gives advice on what not to do-and why-so you can avoid water quality problems, filter damage, and treatment problems in the future. |