Water Distribution System Construction - Student Manual

Water Distribution System Construction - Student Manual

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Water Distribution System Construction is the only manual written on construction techniques for distribution system operators. This 387-page text is designed for learning and contains over 350 custom illustrations to maximize understanding of concepts and details. This manual delivers brief, concise background information linked to specific step-by-step procedures. Techniques conform to pertinent sets of published construction standards including the standards produced by AWWA.

Operators, construction crew members, and their leaders praise this book as the best resource tool available to promote consistent, low-cost construction techniques understood by workers at all levels.

Contents:

  • Construction pre-planning
  • Implementing the construction plan
  • Blueprint reading
  • Traffic control
  • Safety
  • Pipe materials
  • Hydrants, valves, and other appurtenances
  • Cave-in protection
  • Pipe laying procedures
  • Thrust blocks
  • Corrosion and corrosion control
  • Bedding, backfill, and clean-up
  • Disinfection and testing
  • Trenching techniques