CVEN 3454/5404 Water Chemistry

Readings

 

Course Text
  • Water Chemistry, Mark M. Benjamin, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
         This book effectively conveys the key concepts of equilibrium chemistry, particularly as they apply to natural and engineered aquatic systems. The coverage is rigorous and thorough, but the author assumes little prior knowledge of chemistry on the part of the readers, and writes in a style that is easily accessible to students.  This book is the only one that presents solutions to equilibrium speciation problems by the two main methods of solving these problems, the "proton condition" approach and the "tableau," or TOTH, method.  The author is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle.

    Errata for first printing
    Errata for second printing

 
Water Chemistry Texts
  • Aquatic Chemistry: An Introduction Emphasizing Chemical Equilibria in Natural Waters, 1995, Werner Stumm and James J. Morgan, 3rd Edition, Wiley (GB855 .S78 1996, Engineering).
  • Aquatic Chemistry Concepts, 1991, James F. Pankow, Lewis Publishers (GB855.P36 1991, Earth Science).
  • Chemistry for Environmental Engineering, 1994, C.N. Sawyer, G.F. Parkin, and P.L. McCarty, McGraw-Hill (QD193 .S28 1994, Engineering).
  • Principles and Applications of Aquatic Chemistry, François M.M. Morel and Janet G. Hering, 1993, Wiley (GB855 .M67 1993, Earth Science or Engineering).
  • Water Chemistry, 1980, V.L. Snoeyink and D. Jenkins, Wiley (QD169.W3 S66, Engineering)
Water Chemistry Laboratory Texts
  • Chemistry for Environmental Engineering, 1994, C.N. Sawyer, G.F. Parkin, and P.L. McCarty, McGraw-Hill (QD193 .S28 1994, Engineering).
  • Drinking Water Chemistry: A Laboratory Manual, 2001, B.A. Hauser, Lewis Publishers
    (not in library).
  • Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 1998, 20th Edition, American Public Health Association (QD145 .A5, Engineering).
  • The Chemistry of Water, Susan E. Kegley and Joy Andrews, 1998, University Science Books, Sausolito, California (not in the library; I have a copy).
  • Water Chemistry Lab Manual, 1980, D. Jenkins, V.L. Snoeyink, J.F. Ferguson, and J.O. Leckie, 3rd Ed., Wiley (QD142 .W38 1980, Engineering).
Water Chemistry Field Texts
  • Testing the Waters: Chemical & Physical Vital Signs of a River, Sharon Behar, 1996, Kendall-Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa (not in the library, I have a copy).
Geochemistry Texts
  • Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry, 1997, Donald Langmuir, Prentice-Hall (GB855 .L36 1997, Earth Science).
  • Geochemistry, Groundwater and Pollution, 1993, C.A.J. Appelo and Dieke Postma, Balkema (TD426.A66 1993, Earth Science).
  • Geochemistry of Natural Waters, 1997, James I. Drever, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall (GB855 .D73 1997, Earth Science).

 
Chemistry Texts
  • The Periodic Kingdom, P.W. Atkins, 1995, Basic Books (Using the imagery of the periodic table as a map for a voyage, the author presents and enlightening and enjoyable view of the elements and the laws of chemistry).
Modeling Texts
  • ask the instructor
Environmental Readings
  • A Civil Action, Jonathan Harr, 1995, Random House.
    A story of groundwater contaminated by chlorinated solvents, children dying of leukemia, and the plantiffs' lawyer who fought for justice for these victims against major corporations found responsible for the pollution. Told from the perspective of the plaintiffs' lawyer, this book provides a behind-the-scenes look at a major environmental court case.
  • Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner, 1993, Penguin Books.
    The story of the relentless quest for water in western North America -- rivers diverted and dammed, political corruption and intrigue, billion dollar battles over water rights, and ecologic and economic disaster.
  • Carried Away, C. Kummer, 1998, New York Times, August 30, 1998.
    An article about drinking water, bottled and tap, its taste and quality.
  • Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment, Susan Steingraber, 1997, Addison-Wesley.
    A graceful, precise delineation of the ugly marriage between synthetic chemicals in the environment and rising cancer rates. Steingraber tracks the distribution of cancer across space, charts its trajectory through time, in an effort to pick up clues about origins and causes.
  • Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?-A Scientific Detective Story, Theo Colburn, D. Dumanoski, J.P. Myers J.P., 1997, E P Dutton.
    The subject of front page headlines and evening news broadcasts, this groundbreaking book first revealed that chemicals in the environment have affected human reproductive patterns in way that may threaten the survival of the species.
  • Silent Spring, Rachel Carson, 1962, Fawcett Crest.
    This world-famous bestseller about the man-made pollutants that threaten to destroy life on this earth is widely credited with starting the environmental movement in the United States.
  • The Enemy Within: The Struggle to Clean Up Cape Cod's Military Superfund Site, S. Rolbein, 1995, Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod, PO Box 636, Orleans, MA 02653, 508-255-4142.
    The history of the conflict between the military and Cape Cod residents over the remediation of groundwater contamination emanating from the Otis Air Base.
  • Water, Alice Outwater, 1996, Basic Books.
    Alice Outwater writes about the changes imposed on North American waterways by settlement and industrialization over the past two centuries.
  • Zodiac: An Eco-Thriller, Neil Stephenson, 1988, Bantam Books.
    "Two centuries after the Boston Tea Party, harbor dumping is still a favorite local sport, on this time, it's major corporations piping toxic wastes into the water. Environmentalist and professional pain in the ass Sangamon Taylor is Boston's modern-day Paul Revere, spreading the word form a 40-hp Zodiac raft."

 
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