Simon Parsons and Bruce Jefferson are Reader and Senior Research Fellow respectively in the School of Water Sciences, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK.

• 1 WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS. 1.1 INTRODUCTION.1.2 WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS.1.3 COMMON CONTAMINANTS.1.4 REFERENCES.2 WATER SOURCES AND DEMAND.2.1 INTRODUCTION.2.2 WATER CYCLE.2.3 WATER SOURCES.2.4 WATER DEMAND.2.5 REFERENCES.3 COAGULATION AND FLOCCULATION.3.1 INTRODUCTION.3.2 PROCESS SCIENCE.3.3 COAGULATION.3.4 FLOCCULATION.3.5 APPLICATIONS.3.6 TEST METHODS.3.7 REFERENCES.4 CLARIFICATION PROCESSES.4.1 INTRODUCTION.4.2 PROCESS SCIENCE.4.3 TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS.4.4 APPLICATIONS.4.5 REFERENCES.5 DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION.5.1 INTRODUCTION.5.2 PROCESS SCIENCE.5.3 TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS.5.4 APPLICATIONS.5.5 REFERENCES.6. FILTRATION PROCESSES.6.1 INTRODUCTION.6.2 PROCESS SCIENCE.6.3 TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS.6.4 APPLICATIONS.6.5 REFERENCES.7 MEMBRANE PROCESSES.7.1 INTRODUCTION.7.2 PROCESS SCIENCES.7.3 MEMBRANE INTEGRITY.7.4 PROCESS DESCRIPTION.7.5 REFERENCES.8 ADSORPTION PROCESSES.8.1 INTRODUCTION.8.2 PROCESS SCIENCE.8.3 ACTIVATED CARBON.8.4 APPLICATIONS.8.5 ADSORBERS.8.6 OZONE/GAC.8.7 REFERENCES.9 DISINFECTION.9.1 INTRODUCTION.9.2 PROCESS SCIENCE.9.3 CHLORINE.9.4 CHLORAMINATION.9.5 OZONE.9.6 CHLORINE DIOXIDE.9.7 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT.9.8 DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS.9.9 REFERENCES.10 ORGANICS REMOVAL.10.1 INTRODUCTION.10.2 DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS.10.3 MICROPOLLUTANTS.10.4 ALGAE.10.5 TASTE AND ODOUR.10.6 REFERENCES.11 INORGANICS REMOVAL.11.1 INTRODUCTION.11.2 NITRATE.11.3 BROMATE.11.4 ARSENIC.11.5 IRON AND MANGANESE.11.6 FLUORIDE.11.7 LEAD.11.8 REFERENCES.12 SLUDGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL.12.1 INTRODUCTION.12.2 SLUDGE CHARACTERISATION.12.3 SLUDGE TREATMENT.12.4 SLUDGE DISPOSAL.12.5 REFERENCES.Index

It is inexpensive, a good size to carry around and can be consulted in minutes.[The] chapters are excellent with good diagrams, photographs and summarising tables. This is an excellent book, ideally suited to its purpose and it is already on our recommended reading list. We strongly recommend it as the best currently available. 'This is an excellent book, ideally suited to its purpose and it is already on our recommended reading list. We strongly recommend it as the best currently available.' A. WHEATLEY, Loughborough University. Proceedings of ICE September 2006