Water Supply And Public Health Engineering

This volume traces the evolution of the concept of Public Health and reveals the importance of political will and public spending in this field of civil engineering. Design, construction, operation and maintenance of water-supply and main drainage works are discussed. The period covered extends from Roman engineering through to the early 20th century, with examples from Europe, America and Japan.

This fully updated third edition of the classic text, widely cited as the most important and useful book for health engineering and disease prevention, describes infectious diseases in tropical and developing countries, and the effective measures that may be used against them. The infections described include the diarrhoeal diseases, the common gut worms, Guinea worm, schistosomiasis, malaria, Bancroftian filariasis and other mosquito-borne infections. The environmental interventions that receive most attention are domestic water supplies and improved excreta disposal. Appropriate technology for these interventions, and also their impact on infectious diseases, are documented in detail. This third edition includes new sections on arsenic in groundwater supplies and arsenic removal technologies, and new material in most chapters, including water supplies in developing countries and surface water drainage.

This volume traces the evolution of the concept of Public Health and reveals the importance of political will and public spending in this field of civil engineering. Design, construction, operation and maintenance of water-supply and main drainage works are discussed. The period covered extends from Roman engineering through to the early 20th century, with examples from Europe, America and Japan.

Details the design and process of water supply systems, tracingthe progression from source to sink Organized and logical flow, tracing the connections in thewater-supply system from the water’s source to its eventualuse Emphasized coverage of water supply infrastructure and thedesign of water treatment processes Inclusion of fundamentals and practical examples so as toconnect theory with the realities of design Provision of useful reference for practicing engineers whorequire a more in-depth coverage, higher level students studyingdrinking water systems as well as students in preparation for theFE/PE examinations Inclusion of examples and homework questions in both SI and USunits