Front Cover -- Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- In Memory -- About the Author -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. An Overview of Water and Wastewater Treatment -- Introduction -- What We Mean by Water Purification -- The Clean Water Act -- Introducing the Physical Treatment Methods -- Introducing Chemical Treatment -- Energy Intensive Treatment Technologies -- Water Treatment in General -- Some General Comments -- List of Abbreviations Used in this Chapter -- Recommended Resources for the Reader -- Questions for Thinking and Discussing -- Chapter 2. What Filtration Is All About -- Introduction -- Terminology and Governing Equations -- Filtration Dynamics -- Wastewater Treatment Applications -- Key Words -- Nomenclature -- Recommended Resources for the Reader -- Questions for Thinking and Discussing -- Chapter 3. Chemical Additives that Enhance Filtration -- Introduction -- Aluminum Based Chemical Additive Compounds -- Iron-Based Compounds -- Lime -- Soda Ash -- Liquid Caustic Soda -- Filter Aids -- Recommended Resources for the Reader -- Questions for Thinking and Discussing -- Chapter 4. Selecting the Right Filter Media -- Introduction -- Types of Filter Media to Choose From -- Rigid Filter Media -- General Properties of Loose and Granular Media -- Filter Media Selection Criteria -- Recommended Resources for the Reader -- Questions for Thinking and Discussing -- Chapter 5. What Pressure- and Cake-Filtration Are All About -- Introduction -- Constant Pressure Differential Filtration -- Constant-Rate Filtration -- Variable-Rate and -Pressure Filtration -- Constant-Pressure and -Rate Filtration -- Filter-Medium Filtration Formulas -- Cake Filtration Equipment, -- Nomenclature, -- Recommended Resources for the Reader, -- Questions for Thinking and Discussing.

Chapter 6. Cartridge and Other Filters Worth Mentioning -- Introduction -- Cartridge Filters -- The Tilting Pan Filter -- The Table Filter -- Questions for Thinking and Discussing -- Chapter 7. What Sand Filtration is All About -- Introduction -- Water Treatment Plant Operations -- Granular Media Filtration -- Let's Take a Closer Look at Sand Filters -- Slow Sand Filtration -- Rapid Sand Filtration -- Chemical Mixing and Solids Contact Processes -- Recommended Resources for the Reader -- Questions for Thinking and Discussing -- Chapter 8. Sedimentation, Clarification, Flotation, and Coalescence -- Introduction -- Let's Look at How a Single Particle Behaves in a Suspension -- Gravity Sedimentation -- The Sedimentation Process in Greater Detail -- A Closer Look at Mechanical Clarification Process and the Chemistry of Clarification -- Rectangular Sedimentation Tanks -- Air Flotation Systems -- Separation Using Coalescers -- Nomenclature -- Recommended Resources for the Reader -- Questions for Thinking and Discussing -- Chapter 9. Membrane Separation Technologies -- Introduction -- An Overview of Membrane Processes -- What Electrodialysis Is -- What Ultrafiltration Is -- What Microfiltration and Nanofiltration Are -- What Reverse Osmosis Is -- Recommended Resources for the Reader -- Questions for Thinking and Discussing -- Chapter 10. Ion Exchange and Carbon Adsorption -- Introduction -- Theory and Practice of Ion Exchange -- Carbon Adsorption in Water Treatment -- Some Final Comments on Both Technologies -- Recommended Resources for the Reader -- Questions for Thinking and Discussing -- Chapter 11. Water Sterilization Technologies -- Introduction -- What Waterborne Diseases Are -- Treatment Options Available to Us -- Ozonation -- Ultraviolet Radiation -- Electron Beam -- Biology of Aquatic Systems -- Disinfection by Chlorination.

Disinfection with Interhalogens and Halogen Mixtures -- Sterilization Using Ozone -- Chapter 12. Treating the Sludge -- Introduction -- What Sludge Is -- What Stabilization and Conditioning Mean -- Sludge Dewatering Operations -- Volume Reduction -- What Finally Happens to Sludge after Volume Reduction -- Final Comments and Evaluating Economics -- Recommended Resources for the Reader -- Questions for Thinking and Discussing -- Glossary -- Index.