Urban Water Supply Handbook - Hardcover

Mays, Larry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071371605 ISBN 13: 9780071371605

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2002

Synopsis

This state-of-the-art resource draws upon the accumulated wisdom of a carefully chosen team of internationally recognized experts selected for their extensive experience in the essential aspects of water supply systems. This industry “who’s who” covers everything from the historical perspectives of urban water supply to planning, safety and security – an especially timely and crucial issue, management, performance indicators, operation, pricing, maintenance, and public-private partnerships. The author includes informative case studies for valuable “real world” perspective.

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:

THE FIRST BOOK TO OFFER ALL-INCLUSIVE, WIDE-SPECTRUM COVERAGE OF URBAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS

This state-of-the art resource draws upon the accumulated wisdom of a carefully chosen team of internationally recognized experts selected for their extensive experience in the essential aspects of water supply systems. You'll find authoritative, detailed coverage of:
- Historical perspectives of urban water supply
- Strategic planning for small water systems
- Security analysis
- Integrated management and water use management
- Performance indicators for management support
- Outsourcing and public-private partnerships
- Optimal operation
- GIS applied to water supply systems
- Water pricing and drought management
- Water demand analysis
- Urban water infrastructure in the desert
- Regional water supply planning models
- Intrusion susceptibility using GIS
- Reliability/availability analysis of distribution systems
- Maintenance, reliability, and replacement scheduling
- Adaptive management for water supply planning

Complete with informative case studies, the Urban Water Supply Handbook will prove to be an invaluable resource for consulting engineers, public works engineers and administrators, municipal engineers, and water managers worldwide involved with urban water systems.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0071371605
• ISBN 13: 9780071371605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 704