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Fort worth has a total treatment capacity of 500 million gallons per day for drinking water and 166 million gallons per day for wastewater. Correspondence courses available for initial or renewal certification revised march 2018. The story of that monumental undertaking is told in waterworks and illustrated with an astonishing archive of drawings and photographs documenting the design and construction of the fresh, clean taste of new yorks water is legendary. Common water problems in new york martin water conditioning. The ny water environment association is taking its educational support to a higher level as we celebrate 90 years of protecting public health and the environment. Search results awwaamerican water works association. Waterworks, the architecture and engineering of the new york city water supply monacelli press, 2005 edited by kevin bone. Astonishing as it may seem to those who love the book. Among his honors are the national book award, three national book critics circle awards, two penfaulkner awards, and the presidentially conferred national humanities medal. The architecture and engineering of the new york city water supply, by kevin bone editor and gina pollara. Awwas water equation matches funds raised at the section level to provide books, tuition, training, education and certification to operators at. But with the revelations of contamination in the water supplies of flint, mich. This is an excellent book with many photographs and engineering drawings. Less well known is the fascinating story of the massive program of exploration and construction that was required to achieve such purity.
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