Cover -- Water Quality and Systems: A Guide for Facility Managers -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS -- NEW TECHNOLOGIES -- PLANNED WATER MANAGEMENT -- WATER IN, WATER OUT -- SUPPLY -- CONSERVATION -- WASTEWATER -- REGULATIONS -- WATER PURITY -- CONSTRUCTION -- Chapter 1 Water Management -- PLANNED WATER MANAGEMENT -- WATER SUPPLIES -- QUANTITY -- DELIVERY -- POLLUTION/WASHING/WASTE -- UTILITY BILLINGS -- METERING -- WATER TREATMENT -- COMMON COMPLAINTS -- LABORATORY TESTS -- Chapter 2 Water: Supply and Disposal -- WATER RESOURCES -- SUPPLIES -- WASTEWATER -- STORMWATER -- UTILITY INTERFACE -- THE NEXT STEP -- Chapter 3 Law and Regulations -- LAW AND REGULATIONS OF WATER SYSTEMS -- FEDERAL WATER LAWS -- HAZARDOUS WASTE LAWS -- LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF FEDERAL STANDARDS -- CODES AND STANDARDS -- WATER RIGHTS -- Chapter 4 Water Impurities -- THE ROOTS OF WATER PURITY -- WATER IMPURITIES -- MICROORGANISMS -- SAFE WATER -- LABORATORIES -- PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND RIGHT TO KNOW -- Chapter 5 Scale and Corrosion of Water Systems -- IMPURITIES -- SCALE -- UNITS -- SYMPTOMS OF SCALE -- THE LANGELIER SATURATION INDEX -- TREATMENT OF SCALE AND WATER WITH SCALE IMPURITY -- CORROSION -- SYMPTOMS OF CORROSION -- TESTS FOR CORROSION -- TREATMENT -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 6 Upgrades and Renovations -- RENOVATION STRATEGY -- Chapter 7 Pipe and Fittings -- PIPE TALK -- PIPING -- PIPE FITTINGS -- PIPING MATERIALS -- REMODELING/NEW PIPE -- WATER SUPPLY PIPING -- WASTEWATER PIPING -- STORMWATER PIPE -- SANITARY SEWER PIPE -- BURIED PIPE -- DOUBLE-WALLED PIPE -- PIPE JOINTS -- Chapter 8 Pumps and Tanks -- PUMPS -- PIPE AND PUMP COST TRADE-OFFS -- PUMP OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS -- PUMP SUCTION AND PRIMING -- TANKS -- Chapter 9 Valves and Fixtures -- VALVES -- FIXTURES -- COMBINING SYSTEMS -- Chapter 10 Instrumentation, Hydraulics, Plumbing -- INSTRUMENTATION -- CALIBRATION -- HYDRAULICS -- PLUMBING -- Chapter 11 Water Supply Systems -- WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS -- WATER SOFTENERS -- FILTERS -- CHLORINATORS -- REVERSE OSMOSIS UNITS -- DEIONIZERS -- STILLS -- Chapter 12 Hot Water Systems -- INTRODUCTION -- OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE FACILITY -- SYSTEM SIZING AND DESIGN -- HEAT -- PIPING -- INSULATION -- SAFETY -- VALVES -- INSTRUMENTS -- MAINTENANCE -- Chapter 13 Wastewater Systems -- SEWAGE TREATMENT -- WASTEWATER TREATMENT METHODS -- TRICKLING FILTERS -- ACTIVATED SLUDGE -- ANAEROBIC DIGESTER -- OTHER SEWER TREATMENT FACILITIES -- SOIL CONDITIONS -- Chapter 14 Putting It All Together: Applications -- COMBINING SYSTEMS -- Chapter 15 Project Management -- PLANNING -- DESIGN -- FINAL COST ES.