Books from IWA Publishing

  • Preventing Legionellosis
    Preventing Legionellosis
    By William F. McCoy

    68(6): 2711–2715. Loret, J.-F., Robert, S., Thomas, Cooper, A.J., McCoy., W.F. and Lévi, V. (2005) Comparison of disinfectants for biofilm, protozoa and Legionella control. J. Water Health (accepted for publication). Lück, P.C., et al.

  • Disposal of Waste Resulting from Arsenic Removal Processes
    Disposal of Waste Resulting from Arsenic Removal Processes
    By D. Cornwell, Marc Edwards, M. MacPhee

    Based on recent surveys by Frey and Edwards ( 1 997), locations in the U. S . that are likely to have high raw water arsenic levels are known. Cornwell and Koppers ( 1 990) published data about arsenic contamination of iron and alum ...

  • Sustainable Water Services
    Sustainable Water Services
    By Richard M. Ashley, D. Blackwood, P. Jowitt

    Foxon, T. J., Butler, D., Dawes, J., Hutchinson, D., Leach, M., Pearson, P. and Rose, D. (2000), An assessment of water demand management options from a systems approach, Journal of Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental ...

  • Standard Definitions for Water Losses
    Standard Definitions for Water Losses
    By David Pearson

    A compendium of terms and acronyms and their associated definition in common use in the field of water loss management. Chinese translation also available. Spanish translation also available.

  • Arsenic Contamination in the World: An International Sourcebook 2012
    Arsenic Contamination in the World: An International Sourcebook 2012
    By Susan Murcott

    According to Grantham & Jones (1977), the sources of arsenic in wells in Nova Scotia are tailings and waste rock, abandoned mine workings, primary geology and secondary use of waste rock and tailings. A single case of elevated ...

  • Safe Drinking Water: Lessons from Recent Outbreaks in Affluent Nations
    Safe Drinking Water: Lessons from Recent Outbreaks in Affluent Nations
    By Elizabeth J. Hrudey, Steve E. Hrudey

    Morris, R. D., E. N. Naumova and J. K. Griffiths (1998). “Did Milwaukee experience waterborne cryptosporidiosis before the large documented outbreak in 1993?” Epidemiology 9: 264-270. Morris, R. D., E. N. Naumova, ...

  • Water Reuse: An International Survey of Current Practice, Issues and Needs
    Water Reuse: An International Survey of Current Practice, Issues and Needs
    By Chris Binnie, Martin Kimber

    ... two reservoirs in series) and an interdisciplinary multi-year monitoring program was run to learn, control and forecast the system's performance (Rebhun et al, 1987; Juanico, 1989; Weber and Juanico, 1990; Azov and Juanico, 1991).

  • Sampling for the Measurement of Odours
    Sampling for the Measurement of Odours
    By Simon Parsons, Richard M. Stuetz, Peter Gostelow

    Hodgson, B. and Paspaliaris, P. (1996) Melbourne Water's wastewater treatment lagoons: design modifications to reduce odours and enhance nutrient removal. Water Science and Technology ...

  • Influence of Distribution System Infrastructure on Bacterial Regrowth
    Influence of Distribution System Infrastructure on Bacterial Regrowth

    This study suggests that it is more effective to deliver monochloramine in a short concentrated dose than in a longer, less concentrated dose (Sanderson et al., 1997). This phenomenon is of importance to drinking water science as P.

  • Flood Risk and Social Justice: From Quantitative to Qualitative Flood Risk Assessment and Mitigation
    Flood Risk and Social Justice: From Quantitative to Qualitative Flood Risk Assessment and Mitigation
    By Michael B. Abbott, Zoran Vojinovic

    Neal J. C., Bates P. D., Fewtrell T. J., Hunter N. M., Wilson M. D. and Horritt M. S. (2009). Distributed whole city water level measurements from the Carlisle 2005 urban flood event and comparison with hydraulic model simulations.

  • Reservoir Eutrophication: Preventive Management
    Reservoir Eutrophication: Preventive Management
    By Charles Carneiro, Cleverson Vitorio Andreoli, Cynara de Lourdes da Nobrega Cunha

    TABLE 2 – EXPORTATION COEFICIENTS OF TOTAL P (mg/ m2.year) RELATED TO LAND USE LAND USE TOTAL P Urban 100 Agriculture 50 Forest 10 SOURCE: Salas and Martino – apud Silva (2006). According to Eiger et al. (1999), the sources of diffuse ...

  • Environmental Aspects of Zoonotic Diseases
    Environmental Aspects of Zoonotic Diseases
    By Robert Armon, Uta Cheruti

    Corsaro, D. & Venditti, D. (2006) Diversity of the Parachlamydiae in the environment. Crit. Rev. Microbiol. 32, 185–199. Corsaro, D. & Venditti, D. (2009) Detection of Chlamydiae from freshwater environments by PCR, amoeba coculture and ...

  • Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment
    Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment
    By Bruce Jefferson, Thomas Stephenson, K. Brindle

    Applications include oily wastes (Knoblock et al., 1994; Seo et al., 1997), food wastes (Krauth and Staab, 1993; Mallon et al., 1999), tannery effluents (Yamamoto and Win, 1991; van Dijk and Roncken, 1997) and landfill leachates ...

  • Strategic Planning of Sustainable Urban Water Management
    Strategic Planning of Sustainable Urban Water Management
    By Per-Arne Malmqvist, G. Heinicke, E. Korrman

    The closed closets are fan ventilated to decrease the risk of odour in the toilet, and to partially dry the faeces (Andersson and Jensen 2002). The urine is piped from the toilets to three plastic collection tanks in the basement.

  • Removal of MTBE with Advanced Oxidation Processes
    Removal of MTBE with Advanced Oxidation Processes
    By M. Kavanaugh, Z. Chowdhury

    Cooper, W.J.; Tobien, T; Mezyk, S.P.; Adams, J.W; Nickelsen, M.G; O'Shea, K.E.; Inclan, G; Tornatore, P.M.; Hajali, P.; and Weidman, D.J. 2001a. The Electron Beam Process for the Destruction of MTBE. In Exploring the Environmental ...

  • Quantitative Methods to Assess Capacity of Water Treatment to Eliminate Micro-Organisms
    Quantitative Methods to Assess Capacity of Water Treatment to Eliminate Micro-Organisms
    By Wim A. M. Hijnen

    Table 2.1 Percentage (%) of positive samples (number of samples) for faecal indicator bacteria in the water after main disinfection at two locations with chlorine and two locations with ozonation with the corresponding Ct-values ...

  • Best Practice Guide on the Control of Iron and Manganese in Water Supply
    Best Practice Guide on the Control of Iron and Manganese in Water Supply
    By Adam Postawa, Colin Hayes

    1983; Hudak 2005; Parker 1994; Pohlmann et al. 1994). Other types of pumps may also be used for purging and sampling both as dedicated or portable devices. Detailed descriptions of many available types of pumps, with their advantages ...

  • The Regulation of Water and Waste Services
    The Regulation of Water and Waste Services
    By Jaime M. Baptista

    Jaime M. Baptista. The Regulation of Water and Waste Services An Integrated Approach (RITA-ERSAR) Edited by Jaime Fernando de Melo Baptista Published by IWA Publishing Alliance House 12 Caxton Street London.

  • Water Demand Management
    Water Demand Management
    By David Butler, Fayyaz Ali Memon

    This is compounded by rapid development, creeping urbanization and, in some places, rising standards of living.

  • Aerobic Wastewater Treatment Processes: History and Development
    Aerobic Wastewater Treatment Processes: History and Development
    By David F. Tilley

    ... operated very successfully for a period of over 2 years on a fill and draw basis of three fillings per day. Following the success of this experiment a much larger experimental plant was built at Tinsley and commissioned in 1920.