Books in the Fundamentals for the Water and Wastewater Main Operator Series series

Part of the "Fundamentals for the Water and Wastewater Main Operator" series, this title covers the basics of piping and valves in water and wastewater plants, including details on fittings, strainers, traps and control systems. It also covers how pipes are developed into systems and subsystems and coordinated into a plant-wide functioning unit.

Maintenance operators that can understand and properly use blueprints and schematics have little difficulty in correctly interpreting and using plant unit process drawings. This guide covers basic principles of blueprint reading and deals with principles and applications of schematics and symbols.

Presents information on pump fundamentals and applications, and introduces preventive maintenance and troubleshooting for hydraulic pumps. This work explains both centrifugal and positive-displacement pumps. It also covers common problem areas and corrective actions, such as how to maintain packing and mechanical seals.

Explains water hydraulics in the context of treatment plants, presenting hydraulic theory and calculations in terms of the machinery and unit operations familiar to operators. This book covers hydraulics as related to keeping water moving from one unit process to the next, including maintaining proper settling times and settling velocity.