Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse

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Summary: 0 Stars!!!!!!!
Review: Don't buy this book it lies and it is way too much money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (tell everyone my review was helpfull) :-)

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Summary: Excellent Textbook, Lacks Global Perspective
Review: I bought the book and it is worth every dollar, including the additional 18% sales tax in Israel. It is a monumental work, very clear and well written. We needed this book. Having said that, I feel that the reuse aspects in general and the "unplanned indirect drinking reuse" in particular, have received only a marginal coverage in the book. That may be sufficient for the U.S.A., but innumerable European and Asian cities base their water supply on rivers that are mostly treated wastewater. In Israel, agriculture is based on reuse yet in the book, agriculture has the same weight as golf courses. Again, in the U.S.A. it may be so, but certainly not in the rest of the world. Industrial reuse mentions only evaporative cooling and that without the critical problem of blowdown disposal. Additional examples would be helpful. In reuse issues, "emerging patogens" (i.e., those feared but yet inexistent) are given more attention that critical problems such as salt content and subsequent aquifer and soil salination. Table 13-6 does not even mention salt. The inclusion of European and Israeli contributors would have produced an even better, a more balanced work.

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Summary: MUST HAVE FOR ALL SANITARY ENGINEERS
Review: I can't stress enough the value in this text. Like my title states this is a must have for all sanitary engineers. The book covers everything you must know concerning wastewater treatment written by professionals working in the field. I would hope some day that they publish a book on pump stations and sanitary sewer design as well. I think that they would also be on the top of the list for these areas as well.

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Summary: Recommend this book for those in the field.
Review: I think this book really sums up the importance of wastewater treatment especially for those not too familiar with the techniques and the field of study. This is a good investment.