This terrific new handbook covers absolutely everything utility operators need to know to perform their jobs, deliver on the public trust, and keep your utility in compliance with changing regulations. Every phase of a water treatment operator's job is addressed in this handbook, including: Pre-treatment, coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, softening aeration, adsorption, iron and manganese removal, fluoridation, corrosion, scaling reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, microfiltration, post treatment Testing and laboratory procedures instrumentation and control equipment safety practices, record keeping, reporting.