← All chaptersChapter 11 of 14
The Pillars of Water Treatment
The four pillars of water treatment (corrosion, scale, biology, solids) and the mass balance thinking that ties them into one system.
Reading time19 minReading12 of 15
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. ”
Learning objectives
- The four pillars: corrosion, scale, biology, solids
- How the pillars interact
- Mass balance as the foundation of systems thinking
- The free body diagram as a diagnostic tool
Chapter 11 is in the first edition.
On this site, the preface and chapter 1 read free. The rest of the book, The Pillars of Water Treatment included, is in the printed book: $45 a copy, $35 a copy at 10 or more, shipping now.
This chapter’s worked problems stay open. Work them in the Problem Room. Ask the Field.