water utilities Books

With increasing emphasis on conserving scarce water resources and maintaining efficiency of supply today's water utility operators are increasingly encouraged to drive down leakage and other losses to the economic level.

Management of Change in Water Companies tells real stories of real water companies that went through processes of change and achieved their best results ever in just a few years. It reflects the personal experience of the author from leading processes of change in five different water supply/sewage companies, between 10 and 120 years old and ...

Water Services Management and Governance focuses on water services (Water supply, wastewater services) and deals with connections between water resources and services and water resources. The book covers water supply mainly in urban communities, sanitation and pollution control and water resources and their linkages to water services.

The EU Drinking Water Directive sets a range of standards for metals and related substances in drinking water, many of which are concerned with health protection. A number of these standards are very stringent and require compliance to be assessed at the point of use. Because of the difficulties associated with monitoring, historic practices in ...

Today’s urban water managers are faced with an unprecedented set of issues that call for a different approach to urban water management. These include the urgent changes needed to respond to climate change, population growth, growing resource constraints, and rapidly increasing global urbanization. Not only are these issues difficult to ...

The Bonn Network is a global group of water suppliers who have adopted the Bonn Charter for Safe Drinking Water. The network was originally established to develop and share best practice in drinking water quality management.Drinking Water Quality Management from Catchment to Consumer is a best practice book that brings together the experience of ...

Mass Flow and Energy Efficiency of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants presents the results of a series of studies that examined the mass flow and balance, and energy efficiency, of municipal wastewater treatment plants; it offers a vision of the future for municipal wastewater treatment plants. These studies were undertaken as part of the R ...

A basic primer on water- and wastewater-utility management principles and practices for utility operators, engineers, supervisors, public works managers, and new utility managers. The book explains the organization, management, and function of water and wastewater systems. Chapters cover water-quality regulations, operations, governance, capital, ...

Tastes and odors in tap water are the leading source of customer complaints. Although common tastes and odors in tap water are harmless, many customers perceive them as an indication the water could be unsafe to drink.This field guide provides all the information water utilities need to diagnose and remove objectionable tastes and odors at the ...

Population growth and unchallenged water use have brought us to the brink of a worldwide water crisis. Authors Maxwell and Yates present scenarios for the broad trends that will have a significant impact upon future water challenges, including population growth, expanding economies, energy, climate change, and general demographic trends. Examine ...