Books published by American Water Works Association,US

Offers detailed technical information on MF and UF treatment processes for water operators, engineers, and utility management.

Each year millions of gallons of water are lost to leakage, meter error, and water theft - impacting a utilities bottom line. This newly revised manual paired with AWWA's free Water Audit Software gives you everything you need to greatly improve your water loss program.

Provides information on valve selection and installation as well as the importance of location, condition, and frequency of operation. Also includes the latest methodologies and technologies for handling, inspecting, shipping, and storing valves and their associated parts.

Covers the selection, installation, operation, and maintenance of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration systems in water treatment.

A complete planning guide for water and wastewater utilities for assessing and planning standby power needs.

Describes minimum requirements for submersible vertical turbine pumps utilizing a discharge column pipe assembly, 5 hp or larger, used in water service, including materials, design, manufacture, inspection, and testing.

Provides complete information for designing, installing, and maintaining steel pipe and fittings for potable water transmission and distribution. M11 has been completely updated. Additional information on, fittings design, welded joint design, suggested bracing for shipping of pipe, weld details for outlets and crotch plates, aboveground design and more has been added.

Given the increased use of automatic process systems, the use of power actuators continues to grow. This manual provides invaluable information on the design and installation of hydraulic and pneumatic power actuators.

This manual provides a general understanding of the principles of aquifer storage and recovery (ASR).

High levels of iron and manganese can cause adverse effects on water at the tap and subsequent customer dissatisfaction. This book addresses how to control and treat these contaminants.

Specially written for water and wastewater utilities, this book tells you what the US environmental laws are, when they might apply to your utility, and how to comply with them. Free chapter download.

Our most popular handbook for water treatment operator training and on-the-job reference.

Practical, detailed approaches for developing accurate water demand forecasts.

Our most popular book for water distribution operator training, this fourth edition is an excellent as a day-to-day reference and certification study text.

Choose the right pumps for the job and keep them working smoothly with this handy field guide.

This manual should help operators, planners, management, and engineers improve their decision-making processes about OSG systems using a holistic risk management approach that considers not only triple-bottom-line approaches but also the specific regional situation when choosing a chlorination system.

This revised edition focuses on operational practices and includes two entirely new chapters that address regulatory issues and operational practices to reduce water quality complaints.

This book presents 21 case studies-10 waterborne disease outbreaks, 7 cases of severe chemical contamination, and 4 close calls-written largely from the perspective of frontline personnel who experienced the events as they unfolded.

This AWWA manual of water supply practice covers the specification, design, installation, and maintenance of ductile-iron pipe and fittings for potable water systems.

This manual describes waterborne viral, bacterial, and parasitic pathogens, and water treatment options.

This operations manual describes non-pathogenic organisms in source water, the various problems they can cause in water treatment, and treatment strategies.

Provides a complete practice manual on types, selection, use, and maintenance of water meters for water service.

This manual of water supply practices explains the causes and prevention of external pipe corrosion.

This is the first book to tell the incredible true story of the first use of chlorine to disinfect a city water supply, in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1908. This important book also corrects misinformation long-held in the historical record about who was responsible for this momentous event, giving overdue recognition to the true hero of the story-an unflagging champion of public health, Dr. John L. Leal.

This manual offers current and practical approaches to nitrification prevention and response to a nitrification episode in chloraminated drinking water distribution systems.

This manual provides information on designing water distribution systems to meet fire protection and suppression requirements.

A practical reference on security and emergency preparedness, planning, and implementation for water or wastewater utility managers and operators.

This book offers tips and tools to assist management, communications staff, and employees at both small and large utilities in shaping customers' understanding about the value of water.

This manual provides essential information for selecting, sizing, locating, and installing air valves in water, wastewater and reclaimed water pipeline systems.

Provides essential information for decision makers planning fluoridation installations, engineers designing them, and water utility personnel operating them.