Best water quality & treatment books according to redditors

As someone who has done research on desalination, I'll try to summarize the problem and what the future holds:

1. Desalination is indeed incredibly expensive and energy intensive. When we say "expensive" and "intensive" we do so by comparing desalination to other forms of gathering clean water. We currently survive off of the precipitation cycle to get freshwater from ground water. Climate change plus higher population and other countries becoming more advanced threaten this.
   
   
2. Research has continued to show the potential desalination might have in the future. With graphene and other applications, it's possible that it could be the main way we get our clean water in the future. However as of now, it's far off to tell for sure.
   
   
3. Environmentalists still hate it. Desalination produces waste brine but that can be properly disposed of. The facilities are very large which requires a lot of material and are often built in areas that environmentalists want to protect, however the same can be said about other large structures like wind turbines. It's funny to mention though that they have opposed the idea so much that they even oppose clean energy running the plants.
   
   
4. The main point that environmentalists make is that the best way to manage our water supply is to conserve it. We really suck at conserving anything, but water is especially important. I read a book called Water Wars by Vandana Shiva which touches on the water crisis, desalination plants, dams, and more. It's a great read although controversial. It goes into great detail of how the main issue is how we misuse water especially in the agriculture industry.
   
   Final note: The water crisis is real. * It's not only affecting 3rd world countries. It's affecting the entire world. Water crises have started wars and ruined civilization so obviously something must be done. Desalination may or may not be the way, but more research should be done on it in the case it is. The water crisis is a challenge involving climate change, conservation, and improvements in technology. Nobody should be playing the blame game here. It's a very serious issue and it's something that /r/futurology should discuss more often.

https://www.amazon.com/Applied-Math-Water-Plant-Operators/dp/0877628750

Got u fam

Here’s a really solid read on the Colorado River and how it’s water is used. I highly recommend it.

ASPPH | Summer of Public Health: Reading Recommendations

Not on the list:

The Blue Death

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Parasite Rex

The Coming Plague

Spitting Blood

Here's a book I haven't read yet but it is on my amazon wish list.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1855842408/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2Z1VAE60KJNSS&coliid=I1BEOAGVD147M0

And here is a series of great books about the elementals...

https://www.amazon.ca/Nature-Spirits-What-They-Say/dp/086315462X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1484169874&sr=1-1&keywords=what+the+nature+spirits

Wolfgang has stated that they have material for many more books and the elementals have stated (through their human "medium" for lack of a better word) that since the publishing of these books they can feel the hearts and thoughts of people around the world streaming toward them. I think that is huge.

And finally here is my favourite water documentary and the place I discovered Schauberger...

https://youtu.be/3wl-Temag9E

It strengthens my heart to know that you are interested in investigating the mysteries of water. PM me if you want me to tell you more, I got lots!

I did. I actually got to use it once for a question on the exam. It was worth it just to get that one correctly.

I just got the one that everybody buys on Amazon.

A Dictionary of Civil, Water Resources & Environmental Engineering https://www.amazon.com/dp/0983908508/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_vzxADb0QZNE3E

I sold it afterward and got most of my money back.

If you are looking for some reading then local regulations are always good but if you are really new then you may not know where to start.... If you are working with water issues in any way then I suggest this book. It assumes little or no knowledge about water but gets up to speed quickly. It also goes through a lot of technical details on well construction. Watersheds, Groundwater and Drinking Water (Publication) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1879906813/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_yIyVBbZTJKZFT

And it is cheap....

Sensitive Chaos, The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air, by Theodor Schwenk.

The guy taught engineering and hydrology at Heidelberg, this is a wonderful text he made as a life’s work, so that the layperson could appreciate concepts usually only looked at in detail by specialists.

I actually got the book only for the illustrations; I needed something for practice (doing pointillist stuff), saw this in the nature section of a used bookstore and grabbed it.

Took a look at the introduction one day and Lo! So interesting I read the whole book asap.

one of my top recommendations in general, but also for your specific request 😊

Enjoy

I read a book that had some great images in it, but just lent it out. It was This Book, and had a few really good images of the plant (Present and Historical), including the one Dobs posted.

EDIT: With a quick search, turns out it's all online. Damn google books. you good! Pics start on page 105, not as many as I remember..

MWH is generally the bible for water treatment.

The V&H Water Supply and Pollution Control is a simpler text if your background isn't environmental though.

I used this book when i hydrogeology last year. Good insight (for me at least), into the practicle aspects of pump testing etc. Maybe someone else could suggest a better book if they know of one.

Another book that is useful is:
http://www.amazon.ca/Water-Wastewater-Technology-7th-Edition/dp/0135114047
It does not go into as much pure wastewater detail as the sacramento books but does cover water treatment, some chemistry and hydraulics

My only suggestion while writing is to save the math till last. Especially if you tend to write tests slowly.

Applied Hydrogeology

I used it for a course in grad school - but I end up using it now while on the job. Not a tremendous amount in it about mineral deposition, but it still has a good bit on water chemistry, and explains carbonate equilibrium really well.

If you’re struggling at math portion, you should buy this book along with the workbook that you buy separately. https://www.amazon.com/Applied-Math-Wastewater-Plant-Operators/dp/0877628092/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=wastewater+math+books&qid=1567615420&s=gateway&sprefix=wastewater+math&sr=8-3

Helped me out greatly.

I would highly recommend reading Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water and When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century. Water crises are likely to affect far more parts of the globe sooner than some of the other more discussed dilemmas.

I'm an extreme water nerd.

I agree with all of geocurious' recommendations. For textbooks, those are the main ones for groundwater, especially. Fetter is another mainstay. I'm sure you can find the textbooks easily enough.

As for less academic, Cadillac Desert is good and goes into the policy behind U.S. dam building (which is long but interesting). Water: The epic struggle... is a history of the world with some interesting connections to water (though doesn't get enough into the water, from my perspective).

As for beautiful writing about water, I can't recommend Loren Eiseley enough. The Immense Journey has some really great chapters about water (and then goes on and on about human evolution, but still ok). A really neat excerpt book about geologic themes is Bedrock and that is how I found my pal, Loren.

I have also been amassing a public Spotify playlist of songs that have a hydro-theme. Message me if you want it. Sitting at a couple hundred songs right now, but definitely biased towards my musical interests.

Other books:

• Unquenchable: I thought this was a rather haphazard, sensationalized, and doomsday perspective on water [I have a phd in hydro].
  
  A good list by someone else: Aguanomics
  
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> But we're discussing HAARP causing earthquakes

According to the sources cited in this book

Mainly the fact that LA is in serious trouble as far as water supply goes. The Sacramento delta has been the main supplier since the city's inception and now climate change has imperiled it. LA, along with the majority of Southern California, is a desert. The re-routing of the water was a triumph of man above nature, and it has led to the area flourishing, but it was a very risky endeavor even back then. It's basically all the eggs in one basket, and climate change and the upcoming droughts that are coming with it could be catastrophic...

EDIT: Facts taken from here. Sorry I couldn't dig up a more convenient source, but the info is in there and I'm sure it can be found elsewhere...

that Schwarzenbach is gigantic and covers so much it is great, but I agree it is not very accessible.

I prefer Benjamin's Water Chemistry text to the Aquatic Chemistry book, but I can't speak to the latest version.

Lastly as an engineer, I LOVE the AWWA's Water Quality and Treatment you can pretty much design a full scale water treatment system with that text.

Here's a great book on the subject: https://www.amazon.com/Chemtrails-HAARP-Spectrum-Dominance-Planet/dp/1936239930/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483493479&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=chremtrails