Understanding Water Quality Management: Technology & Applications

Understanding Water Quality Management: Technology and Applications, is written by two of the world’s foremost water quality experts, Wesley Eckenfelder of Brown & Caldwell Inc., and William Ney Hansard of EMSI Solutions, Inc. This new book is a comprehensive guide to the technologies of treating point-source wastewater, such as outflow from industrial plants. This professional reference presents specialized information about the sources of water pollution and the techniques now in use to improve water quality.

Beginning with an overview of how aquatic ecosystems operate, Understanding Water Quality Management: Technology & Applications book reviews the many listed and regulated pollutants that deteriorate surface waters and harm organisms. Detailed explanations are given of the techniques employed to monitor, eliminate, and minimize a wide range of industrial pollutants.

Particularly useful to regulators and water quality managers, this book presents strategies used by industries of all sizes to reduce listed pollutants and raise water quality to higher levels in rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans. Case studies based on recent installations, as well as economic and cost analyses, show the financial and environmental impacts of the technologies discussed.

W. Wesley Eckenfelder, Brown & Caldwell Inc., and William Ney Hansard, EMSI Solutions, Inc. are two of the world’s foremost water quality experts.