SynopsisHandy field guide provides all the day-to-day information needed to operate small water and wastewater systems., Operators of small water systems do it all - O & M, management, sampling, customer service, everything. This field guide may be the handiest book ever written for these unsung heroes of public health protection. It provides information and data needed for operating small drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities: chemicals and feeds, monitoring, water distribution, equipment maintenance, safety, pumps, meters, pipes, installation, water wells, relevant math and chemical equations, water quality regulations, wastewater collection, and much more. Invaluable!, Small systems operators, owners, and managers are often one and the same person, and the scope of knowledge they must have to run the system is vast. This field guide is a comprehensive must-have reference for most day-to-day operations, issues, and challenges facing small systems. Covering regulatory requirements to basic math to system management to water and wastewater treatment and distribution/collection system operations, this book will help identify and solve problems quickly. Other topics include safety; groundwater, wells, and pumps; basic chemistry; valves and meters; sampling and monitoring; and much more. Book jacket.
LC Classification NumberTD434.F53 2014