UID:
almafu_9960011147002883
Format:
1 online resource (968 p.)
Edition:
7th ed.
ISBN:
9780081000434
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008100043X
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Twort's Water Supply; Copyright Page; Contents; Authors' Biographic Details; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations for Organizations; Contributing Authors, Reviewers and Advisors; Contributing Authors; Reviewers and Advisors; Attribution of Illustrations; 1 The Demand for Potable Water; 1.1 Categories of Consumption; 1.2 Levels of Total Consumption; 1.3 Domestic Demand; Components of Domestic In-House Consumption; Outdoor Domestic Use for Garden Irrigation and Bathing Pools; 1.4 Standpipe Demand; 1.5 Suggested Domestic Design Allowances; 1.6 Non-Domestic Demand
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1.7 Public and Miscellaneous Use of Water1.8 Water Losses; 1.9 Real Losses (Leakage) From 24-Hour Supply Systems; 1.10 Supply Pipe Leakage and Consumer Wastage; 1.11 Minimum Night Flow as Indicator of Leakage and Wastage; 1.12 Variations in Demand (Peaking Factors); Maximum and Minimum Hourly Rate of Consumption; Seasonal Variations; 1.13 Growth Trends of Consumption and Forecasting Future Demand; 1.14 Water Conservation and Demand Management; 1.15 The Question of Metering Domestic Supplies in the UK; 1.16 Effect of Price on Water Demand; 1.17 Assessing Future Demand in Developing Countries
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1.18 Consumption Surveys1.19 Test-Metering In-House Domestic Consumption; References; 2 Water Supply Regulation, Protection, Organization and Financing; Development, Regulation and Protection; 2.1 Control of Public Water Supplies; 2.2 Control of Abstractions; 2.3 Public Water Supplies in the USA; The US Environmental Protection Agency; 2.4 Public Water Supplies in Mainland Europe; The European Water Framework Directive; 2.5 Public Water Supplies in the England and Wales; The Privatization of Water in England and Wales and Ofwat; Environmental Protection and Pollution Control
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2.6 Public Water Supplies in Scotland and Northern IrelandOrganization; 2.7 Organization of a Water Utility; 2.8 Staffing Levels; Project Appraisal and Financing of Capital Works; 2.9 Appraisal Requirements; 2.10 Comparison of Proposed Capital Projects; 2.11 Comments on the Use of Discounting; 2.12 Sustainability, Resilience and Engineering Choices; 2.13 Financing of Capital Works; 2.14 Depreciation and Asset Management Planning; 2.15 Private Sector Participation in Water Supply; 2.16 Private Sector Operation Agreements; 2.17 Charging for Public Water Supplies
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2.18 Comparison of Charges for Water and Other DataReferences; 3 Hydrology and Surface Supplies; Part I Hydrological Considerations; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Catchment Areas; 3.3 Data Collection; 3.4 Streamflow Measurement; 3.5 Rainfall Measurement; Measurement of Catchment Rainfall; 3.6 Evaporation and Transpiration Measurement; 3.7 Soil Moisture Measurement; 3.8 Catchment Losses; 3.9 Streamflow Naturalization; 3.10 Long-Term Average Catchment Run-Off; 3.11 Minimum Rainfalls; 3.12 Minimum Rates of Run-Off; 3.13 Maximum Rainfalls; 3.14 Maximum Run-Offs; Part II Yield of Surface Sources
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3.15 Introduction, Definitions and Concepts
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780081000250
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0081000251
Language:
English
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