Water Distribution System Monitoring: A Practical Approach for Evaluating Drinking Water Quality

One of the most powerful forces on Earth, water is by its very nature unruly and unpredictable. A typical water distribution system is correspondingly complex and chaotic with varying piping configurations, water flows, chemical reactions, and microbiological activity. It is no surprise that monitoring water quality can be a daunting task. Water Distribution System A Practical Approach for Evaluating Drinking Water Quality simplifies this task, describing a method to routinely monitor the water distribution system in a controlled, standardized, and accurate manner. The book describes how to be proactive on water quality issues through routine monitoring of the distribution system. It covers how to avoid devastating and costly effects by Noncompliance with the Lead and Copper Rule Pinhole leaks in water service lines and private plumbing Vulnerability to microorganisms in water distribution systems Unwanted side-effects from treatment chemicals Mistakes in treatment chemical application and dosage amounts The author explores new procedures and presents a monitoring device-already in use at several municipal water utilities-that provide higher quality water chemistry and microbiology data than other current methods. She outlines the procedures and includes equipment lists and assembly instructions for this open-source technology. While proactive monitoring costs money at the outset, having water quality problems is even more expensive in the long run. Delineating the economic and practical benefits of proactive monitoring, this book provides the tools for well-defined and measurable control of water quality compliant with current regulations yet adaptable to regulatory changes.