Water Supply Systems Security

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A must for engineers, professors, and water utility managers involved in the security of water supply systems.

Written by a team of experts, this is the first book to provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art coverage of the safety and security of water supply systems. This unique and authoritative compendium presents detailed coverage of the major infrastructure issues in water system security. Topics range from vulnerability assessment to safeguards against cyber threats to hydraulic network analysis for contamination response. Each chapter provides professional guidance on designing, operating, maintaining, and rehabilitating water systems to ensure state-of-the-art and security.

FEATURES INCLUDE:
* Overview of methodologies for reliability analysis and assessment of vulnerability to terrorist attack and for emergency response planning.
* Monitoring and modeling methods for early warning systems that enhance security
* Specialized remote monitoring equipment, networks, and optimal location of control and isolation valves
* Organizational frameworks and procedures for improving the security and safety of water supply systems
* Options for emergency preparedness, including water supply for nonconventional times and contamination responses
* Case studies from the field: a reconstruction of historical contamination events
* Security hardware and surveillance systems

Table of Contents:
Water Supply Safety and Security: An IntroductionMicrobiological Contaminants and Threats of Concern Chemical Contaminants and Threats of Concern Drinking Water Distribution Systems Water Supply Cyber Threats and SCADA Systems Assessing the Risks of Drinking-Water Supplies from Terrorist Attacks Methodologies for Reliability Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment Development of a Consortium for Water Security and Safety: The Need for Establishing an Early Warning System Remote Monitoring and Network Models: Their Potential for Protecting the Nation’s Water Supplies Modeling Water Quality in Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Its Potential for Enhancing Water Security Source Water: Early Warning Systems and Monitoring Security Hardware and Surveillance Systems for Water Supply Systems Optimal Location of Control and Isolation Valves Development of the Next Generation of Chem/Bio Detection Hydraulic and Water Quality Modeling for Contamination Response Emergency Response Planning Emergency Water Supply in Non-Conventional Times

About the Author :
Larry W. Mays is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University where he was the chair of the department. He was formerly Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas at Austin where he also held an Engineering Foundation Endowed Professorship. A registered engineer in seven states and a professional hydrologist, he has served as a consultant to many organizations. Professor Mays is author of Water Resources Engineering (John Wily & Sons) and Optimal Control of Hydrosystems (Marcel Dekker), co-author of Applied Hydrology and Hydrosystems Engineering and Mangement (both from McGraw-Hill) and editor-in-chief of the Water Resources Handbook, Hydraulic Design Handbook, Water Distribution Systems Handbook, Stormwater Collection Systems Design Handbook, and the Urban Water Supply Handbook (all from McGraw-Hill). The Urban Water Supply Handbook received the 2002 Honorable Mention in Engineering Award given by the Association of American Publishers. He is also editor-in-chief of Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems (ASCE) and co-editor of Computer Modeling of Free Surface and Pressurized Flow (Kluwer Academic Publishers). Among his honors is a distinguished alumnus award from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999.