Twort's Water Supply

Front Cover -- Twort's Water Supply -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Authors' Biographic Details -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations for Organizations -- Contributing Authors, Reviewers and Advisors -- Contributing Authors -- Reviewers and Advisors -- Attribution of Illustrations -- 1 The Demand for Potable Water -- 1.1 Categories of Consumption -- 1.2 Levels of Total Consumption -- 1.3 Domestic Demand -- Components of Domestic In-House Consumption -- Outdoor Domestic Use for Garden Irrigation and Bathing Pools -- 1.4 Standpipe Demand -- 1.5 Suggested Domestic Design Allowances.

1.6 Non-Domestic Demand -- 1.7 Public and Miscellaneous Use of Water -- 1.8 Water Losses -- 1.9 Real Losses (Leakage) From 24-Hour Supply Systems -- 1.10 Supply Pipe Leakage and Consumer Wastage -- 1.11 Minimum Night Flow as Indicator of Leakage and Wastage -- 1.12 Variations in Demand (Peaking Factors) -- Maximum and Minimum Hourly Rate of Consumption -- Seasonal Variations -- 1.13 Growth Trends of Consumption and Forecasting Future Demand -- 1.14 Water Conservation and Demand Management -- 1.15 The Question of Metering Domestic Supplies in the UK -- 1.16 Effect of Price on Water Demand.

1.17 Assessing Future Demand in Developing Countries -- 1.18 Consumption Surveys -- 1.19 Test-Metering In-House Domestic Consumption -- References -- 2 Water Supply Regulation, Protection, Organization and Financing -- Development, Regulation and Protection -- 2.1 Control of Public Water Supplies -- 2.2 Control of Abstractions -- 2.3 Public Water Supplies in the USA -- The US Environmental Protection Agency -- 2.4 Public Water Supplies in Mainland Europe -- The European Water Framework Directive -- 2.5 Public Water Supplies in the England and Wales.

The Privatization of Water in England and Wales and Ofwat -- Environmental Protection and Pollution Control -- 2.6 Public Water Supplies in Scotland and Northern Ireland -- Organization -- 2.7 Organization of a Water Utility -- 2.8 Staffing Levels -- Project Appraisal and Financing of Capital Works -- 2.9 Appraisal Requirements -- 2.10 Comparison of Proposed Capital Projects -- 2.11 Comments on the Use of Discounting -- 2.12 Sustainability, Resilience and Engineering Choices -- 2.13 Financing of Capital Works -- 2.14 Depreciation and Asset Management Planning.

2.15 Private Sector Participation in Water Supply -- 2.16 Private Sector Operation Agreements -- 2.17 Charging for Public Water Supplies -- 2.18 Comparison of Charges for Water and Other Data -- References -- 3 Hydrology and Surface Supplies -- Part I Hydrological Considerations -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Catchment Areas -- 3.3 Data Collection -- 3.4 Streamflow Measurement -- 3.5 Rainfall Measurement -- Measurement of Catchment Rainfall -- 3.6 Evaporation and Transpiration Measurement -- 3.7 Soil Moisture Measurement -- 3.8 Catchment Losses -- 3.9 Streamflow Naturalization.

3.10 Long-Term Average Catchment Run-Off.

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