Water Works Engineering Planning Design and Operations

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Summary: Excellent Book for engineers dealing with water treatment
Review: I think that this book is really really good for those involved in water supply and water treatment especially environmental and civil engineers. All the concepts are there. Many books focus mainly on the theory, but this book is very useful for practical and application purposes. I think only the 2000 edition of S Kuwamura's book "Integrated Design and Operation of Water Treatment Facilities" comes close to matching the usefullness of this book for engineers dealing with water treatment design. I say this book is definetely worth buying, and for me, who is an environmental engineer dealing with water treatment, this book has come in so handy, that I always keep it in the office. It is really good to see a great book being published which comes in so handy to engineers when designing.

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Summary: Water Works Engineering Planning Design and Operations
Review: The book is very practical and concise. The design of a theoretical treatment plant that is carried through the text is excellent.

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Summary: Water Works Engineering Planning Design and Operations
Review: Till the arrival of this book, there have been five books commonly used by consulting engineers for the design of water treatment plants. Water and Wastewater Engineering by Fair/Geyer/Okun (1968), Water Treatment Plant Design by Sanks (1978), Water Treatment Principles and Design by James M. Montgomey, Inc.(1985), Integrated Design of Water Treatment Facilities by S. Kawamura (1991), and Water Treatment Plant Design by AWWA/ASCE (1998). As evident from the dates of publication of above mentioned books, most of them are 10-20 years old except for last one. Some of the above books needs a companion book in order to fully understand theory behind unit processes in environmental engineering. Another drawback with some design books is that they do not provide step-by-step procedure for planning, design, and operation of water treatment plant.

Water Works Engineering by Qasim, Motley, and Zhu has a total of nineteen chapters, and four appendices. Chapter 1 through 4 are devoted to the some fundamentals of water engineering. Chapter 5 deals with the preparation of a predesign report. The remainder of the book is devoted to the design of medium-size water treatment plant. It covers step-by-step design calculations; equipment details; engineering drawings; and operation and maintenance of head works, raw water transport, treatment, and distribution systems. Separate chapters have been devoted to plant layout, yard piping and hydraulics, instrumentation and automatic controls, design summary, and the avoidance of design errors.

Inclusion of more detailed description of laboartory tests for predesign studies would have been better. The book does not talk much about the the commonly used softwares in water works.

Overall, this book is an excellent manual for design engineers in water industry. Its step-by-step procedures for the design of water treatment plants and its in-depth coverage for the entire conventional water treatment plant is the strongest feature of this publication.

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Summary: Excellent Design Book for Water Industry Professionals
Review: Till the arrival of this book, there have been five books commonly used by consulting engineers for the design of water treatment plants. Water and Wastewater Engineering by Fair/Geyer/Okun (1968), Water Treatment Plant Design by Sanks (1978), Water Treatment Principles and Design by James M. Montgomey, Inc.(1985), Integrated Design of Water Treatment Facilities by S. Kawamura (1991), and Water Treatment Plant Design by AWWA/ASCE (1998). As evident from the dates of publication of above mentioned books, most of them are 10-20 years old except for last one. Some of the above books needs a companion book in order to fully understand theory behind unit processes in environmental engineering. Another drawback with some design books is that they do not provide step-by-step procedure for planning, design, and operation of water treatment plant.

Water Works Engineering by Qasim, Motley, and Zhu has a total of nineteen chapters, and four appendices. Chapter 1 through 4 are devoted to the some fundamentals of water engineering. Chapter 5 deals with the preparation of a predesign report. The remainder of the book is devoted to the design of medium-size water treatment plant. It covers step-by-step design calculations; equipment details; engineering drawings; and operation and maintenance of head works, raw water transport, treatment, and distribution systems. Separate chapters have been devoted to plant layout, yard piping and hydraulics, instrumentation and automatic controls, design summary, and the avoidance of design errors.

Inclusion of more detailed description of laboartory tests for predesign studies would have been better. The book does not talk much about the the commonly used softwares in water works.

Overall, this book is an excellent manual for design engineers in water industry. Its step-by-step procedures for the design of water treatment plants and its in-depth coverage for the entire conventional water treatment plant is the strongest feature of this publication.