Water Distribution System Handbook

Water Distribution System Handbook--------------------------------------------------All-in-one, state-of-the-art guide to safe drinking water Civil engineersand anyone else involved in any way with the design, analysis, operation,maintenance or rehabilitation of water distribution systems will findpractical guidance in Water Distribution Systems Handbook. Expertsselected by Handbook editor Larry W. Mays provide historical, presentday, and future perspectives, as well as state-of-the-art details previouslyavailable only in specialized journals. You get a comprehensively detailedexploration of every facet of the hydraulics of pressurized flow, pipingdesign and pipeline systems, storage issues, reliability analysis anddistribution, and more. Detailed information on the latest technologycontributions and on enhancements to the EPANET model are included.You'll also find case studies that range from the small municipal systemsfound in every U.S. town, to large systems common to great urban centerslike New York, London and Paris.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Larry W. Mays is professor of civil and environmentalengineering at Arizona State University and former chair of the department.He was formerly director of the Center for Research in Water Resourcesat the University of Texas at Austin, where he also held an EngineeringFoundation Endowed Professorship. A registered professional engineerin seven states and a registered professional hydrologist, he has servedas consultant to many organizations. A widely published expert onwater resources, he wrote Optimal Control of Hydrosystems (Marcel Dekker)and was editor in chief of both Water Resources Handbook (McGraw-Hill)and Hydraulic Design Handbook (McGraw-Hill). Co-author of both AppliedHydrology and Hydrosystems Engineering and Management published byMcGraw-Hill, and was the editor in chief of Reliability Analysis ofWater Distribution Systems (ASCE), and co-editor of Computer Modelingof Free-Surface and Pressurized Flows (Kluwer Academic Publishers).He has published extensively on his research in water resources management.