Preface
Acknowledgment
Author
PART I
Water resources and ecology
1 Water resources and demand
2 Factors determining the distribution of animals and plants in freshwaters
3 Basic aquatic ecosystems
4 Microorganisms in pollution control
5 Water pollution
PART II
Water quality management and assessment
6 Water basin management
7 Water quality and regulation
8 Water quality assessment
PART III
Pollution control
9 Nature of wastewater
10 Introduction to wastewater treatment
11 Activated sludge
12 Fixed-film systems
13 Natural treatment systems
14 Anaerobic processes
15 Sludge treatment and disposal
16 On-site and small-scale treatment systems
PART IV
Drinking water treatment and supply
17 Water treatment and distribution
18 Physico-chemical treatment processes
19 Drinking water contamination
20 Pathogens and their removal
PART V
Sustainability
21 Sustainability principles in water management
Index
Biography
Nick Gray is Director of the Trinity Centre for the Environment at Trinity College Dublin. He has worked primarily in the area of biological wastewater treatment for thirty years, working mainly on full-scale treatment systems, especially the design and operation of reactor processes.
"A good integral overview on the relevant topics related to water usage which are of importance to consider when large scale applications are considered."
-- Michel Boesten, University of Groningen, Netherlands
"This book ...brings to light the contemporary issues along with the traditional issues associated with the water sector."
-- Suresh Renukappa, University of Wolverhampton, UK
"I was impressed with Gray’s third edition, and the fourth appears to build on that success. I find it to be a good general overview of water systems and water pollution control and, in a time when students find it hard to buy one specialized book let alone several, this book is broad enough to meet several needs simultaneously."
-- Charles V. Shorten, West Chester University, USA
