UNIT ONE 1
Text History of Water Supply 1
Reading Material A Major Water Pollutants(Ⅰ) 6
Reading Material B Major Water Pollutants(Ⅱ) 8
UNIT TWO 10
Text Water 10
Reading Material A Importance of Water 14
Reading Material B The Nature of Water 15
UNIT THREE 17
Text Water Problems 17
Reading Material A The Hydrologic Cycle 21
Reading Material B The Hydrologic Cycle and Water Quality 22
UNIT FOUR 24
Text The Purification of Water 24
Reading Material A Softening of Water 28
Reading Material B Softening of Water 29
UNIT FIVE 31
Text Basic Factors in Water Analysis 31
Reading Material A Water Testing 37
Reading Material B The General Physical-chemical Principle of Water 39
UNIT SIX 41
Text Water-supply Engineering 41
Reading Material A Drainage,Sewerage and Sewage 46
Reading Material B Water Supply 48
UNIT SEVEN 50
Text Plumbing---Background and Status 50
Reading Material A Basic Principles of Plumbing 54
Reading Material B Sources of Water 55
UNIT EIGHT 58
Text Microbes as Chemical Machines 58
Reading Material A Bacteria 63
Reading Material B Water Pollution and Its Effect on Environment 65
UNIT NINE 67
Text Groundwater Pormation and Its Movement 67
Reading Material A Sources of Water for Domestic Use 72
Reading Material B Multi-purpose Hydraulic Projects 73
UNIT TEN 75
Text Open Channel Flow 75
Reading Material A Dam 79
Reading Material B Rock fill Dams and Spillway 80
UNIT ELEVEN 83
Text Environmental/Sanitary Engineering 83
Reading Material A Sanitary Engineering 87
Reading Material B Municipal Engineering 88
UNIT TWELVE 91
Text Ecosystem 91
Reading Material A Problems Due to Plankton-algae 96
Reading Material B The Death of Microorganisms 98
UNIT THIRTEEN 100
Text Factors Responsible for the Burgconing Air Pollution Problem 100
Reading Material A The"Killer Smog" 105
Reading Material B Economic Loss from Air Pollution 107
UNIT FOURIEEN 109
Text Solid Waste Disposal 109
Reading Material A Where Do Pollution Come from? 114
Reading Material B Industry Sludges 116
UNIT FIFTEEN 119
Text Combating Water Pollution 119
Reading Material A Ozone 123
Reading Material B Acid Rain 125
UNIT SIXTEEN 128
Text Paving the Way to Excellence in Water Supply System 128
Reading Material A Control of Data Quality 133
Reading Material B The Monitoring Approach of the Levels-of-service Framework 135
AppendixⅠ Vocabulary 137
AppendixⅡ Translation for Reference 144
AppendixⅢ Key to Exercises 163