Drinking Water Security for Engineers, Planners, and Managers

Informationen zum Autor Ravi Jain is Dean and Professor of the School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from California State University, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech. He studied public administration and public policy at Harvard, earning an M.P.A. degree and did additional graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Klappentext Concise and readable! Drinking Water Security for Engineers! Planners and Managers provides an overview of issues including infrastructure planning! planning to evaluate vulnerabilities and potential threats! capital improvement planning! and maintenance and risk management. This book also covers topics regarding potential contaminants! available water security technologies! analytical methods! and sensor technologies and networks. Other topics include transport and containment of contaminated water! treatment technologies and the treatability of contaminants.

Autorentext
Ravi Jain is Dean and Professor of the School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from California State University, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech. He studied public administration and public policy at Harvard, earning an M.P.A. degree and did additional graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Klappentext

Provides an overview of issues including infrastructure planning, planning to evaluate vulnerabilities and potential threats, capital improvement planning, and maintenance and risk management. This book covers topics regarding potential contaminants, available water security technologies, analytical methods, and sensor technologies and networks.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Threats

Chapter 3: Prevention

Chapter 4: Detection

Chapter 5: Response

Chapter 6: Rehabilitation

Chapter 7: Conclusions