Written by some of the foremost experts in the field of public water supply, Stantec's Water Treatment: Principles and Design, Updated Third Edition is a must-have resource for engineers designing or operating water treatment plants as well as for students of civil, environmental and water resources engineering. Topics span from the fundamentals of water chemistry and microbiology to methods for detecting constituents in water, implementying water treatment processes, and managing residuals from water treatment plants. This Updated Third Edition includes an exciting all-new chapter on potable reuse as well as extensive chapter-by-chapter digital resources including case studies that feature photographs and videos of Stantec client facilities. Instructors will have access to PowerPoint lecture slides via the book's companion website. 

John C. Crittenden is Director of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems and Hightower Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology.

R. Rhodes Trussell is the founder and chairman of Trussell Technologies and a former Senior Vice President at MWH (now part of Stantec)..

David W. Hand is Professor Emeritus of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering at the Michigan Technological University.

Kerry J. Howe Distinguished Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at the University of New Mexico and former Principal Engineer at MWH (now part of Stantec).

George Tchobanoglous is Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis.

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Foreword xv

About the Authors xvii

1 Introduction 1

2 Physical and Chemical Quality of Water 17

3 Microbiological Quality of Water 73

4 Water Quality Management Strategies 165

5 Principles of Chemical Reactions 225

6 Principles of Reactor Analysis and Mixing 287

7 Principles of Mass Transfer 391

8 Chemical Oxidation and Reduction 457

9 Coagulation and Flocculation 541

10 Gravity Separation 641

11 Granular Filtration 727

12 Membrane Filtration 819

13 Disinfection 903

14 Air Stripping and Aeration 1033

15 Adsorption 1117

16 Ion Exchange 1263

17 Reverse Osmosis 1335

18 Advanced Oxidation 1415

19 Disinfection/Oxidation By-products 1485

20 Removal of Selected Constituents 1529

21 Residuals Management 1625

22 Internal Corrosion of Water Conduits 1699

23 Potable Reuse 1805

Appendix A Conversion Factors 1881

Appendix B Physical Properties of Selected Gases and Composition of Air 1887

Appendix C Physical Properties of Water 1891

Appendix D Standard Atomic Weights 2001 1893

Appendix E Electronic Resources Available on the Stantec Website for This Textbook 1897

Index 1899