Drinking water standards, regulations, and goals -- Health and aesthetic aspects of drinking water -- Chemical principles, source water composition and watersherd protection -- Hydraulic characteristics of water treatment reactors and their effects on treatment efficiency -- Overview of water treatment processes -- Gas-liquid processes: principles and applications -- Chemical oxidation -- Coagulation and fiocculation -- Sedimentation and flotation -- Granular media filtration -- Membranes -- Ion exchange and adsorption of innorganic contaminants -- Precipitation, coprecipitation, and precipitative softening -- Adsorption of organic compounds -- Natural treatment systems -- Water reuse for drinking water augmentation -- Chemical desinfection -- Ultraviolet light processes -- Formation and control of desinfection by-products -- Internal corrosion and deposition control -- Microbiological quality control in distribution systems -- Water treatment plant residuals management