Water Distribution System Handbook (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) - Hardcover

Mays, Larry W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071342133 ISBN 13: 9780071342131

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 1999

Synopsis

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Detailed coverage of the latest methods, materials, techniques, and tools for water distribution systems



All-in-one, state-of-the-art guide to safe drinking water Civil engineers and anyone else involved in any way with the design, analysis, operation, maintenance or rehabilitation of water distribution systems will find practical guidance in Water Distribution Systems Handbook. Experts selected by Handbook editor Larry W. Mays provide historical, present day, and future perspectives, as well as state-of-the-art details previously available only in specialized journals. You get a comprehensively detailed exploration of every facet of the hydraulics of pressurized flow; piping design and pipeline systems; storage issues; reliability analysis and distribution, and more. Detailed information on the latest technology contributions and on enhancements to the EPANETmodel are included. You'll also find case studies that range from the small municipal systems found in every U.S. town, to large systems common to great urban centers like New York, London and Paris.

About this title

About the Author

Larry W. Mays is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University where he was the chair of the department. He was formerly Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas at Austin where he also held an Engineering Foundation Endowed Professorship. A registered engineer in seven states and a professional hydrologist, he has served as a consultant to many organizations. Professor Mays is author of Water Resources Engineering (John Wily & Sons) and Optimal Control of Hydrosystems (Marcel Dekker), co-author of Applied Hydrology and Hydrosystems Engineering and Mangement (both from McGraw-Hill) and editor-in-chief of the Water Resources Handbook, Hydraulic Design Handbook, Water Distribution Systems Handbook, Stormwater Collection Systems Design Handbook, and the Urban Water Supply Handbook (all from McGraw-Hill). The Urban Water Supply Handbook received the 2002 Honorable Mention in Engineering Award given by the Association of American Publishers. He is also editor-in-chief of Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems (ASCE) and co-editor of Computer Modeling of Free Surface and Pressurized Flow (Kluwer Academic Publishers). Among his honors is a distinguished alumnus award from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999.

From the Back Cover

CUTTING-EDGE METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES FROM LEADING EXPERTS

If you're looking for comprehensive, state-of-the-art help with water distribution systems, you've come to the right place. The only book of its kind, this authoritative and inclusive compendium brings you detailed coverage of the latest methods, materials, techniques, and tools for water distribution systems.

Written by top experts that are members of the American Water Works Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and other leading professional organizations, the Water Distribution Systems Handbook provides specialists in each area to serve as your consultants. Each chapter provides expert, detailed, professional guidance on an important aspect of water distribution systems.

This key resource will be a trusted ally of engineers, managers, operators, systems analysts, and other water distribution systems professionals for many years to come. A needed reference in a vitally important and much-changed field, the Water Distribution Systems Handbook is the right tool at the right time.

THIS UNIQUE, AUTHORITATIVE HANDBOOK GIVES YOU:
* Help with design, analysis, operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation
* A one-stop source of tested, top-level answers to many water distribution system questions
* The most advanced methods, techniques, and timesaving tips from leaders in the field
* Case studies on systems small and large

SYSTEM COMPONENTS:
Hydraulics
Distribution Design
Pump System Design
Optimization Models
Reliability Analysis
Hydraulic Transient Design
Water Quality
Water Quality Modeling
Computer Models
EPANET Enhancements
Operation
Operation Optimization
Maintenance
Rehabilitation
Replacement

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071342133
• ISBN 13: 9780071342131
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 912