摘要:

Stephen F. Gorden, superintendent of water operations for the Portland (ME) Water District, believes that if a utility does not or will not create a meaningful format for labor and management to communicate, then the work force will eventually create one. A union, Gorden believes, is the easiest solution for both management and labor. Gorden's experience with unions has taught him that contrary to popular opinion, a union can not only drive a hard bargain but also provide the latitude and flexibility necessary for management to fulfill its obligations.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1980.tb04560.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Walter C. Money, president of the Elizabethtown (NJ) Water Co., believes that unions do nothing more than create barriers between labor and management, making communication an effort akin to combat. A well‐managed utility can provide more opportunity, more motivation, and better working conditions than a utility under the rule of a union.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1980.tb04561.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Because water is essential to human health and well being, Congress enacted the Safe Drinking Water Act to ensure that a high quality potable water is supplied to the public. The provisions of the act have since been translated into regulations governingasweeping range of factors affecting water quality, from testing to treatment. How such regulation affects water utility operation was the subject of a discussion moderated by Robert Lamson, Director of Technical Services, AWWA. Participants in the discussion included Jerome Healey, Chief of the Water Supply Branch, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, Boston, Mass.; David Kittredge, Assistant Director, Manchester Water Works, Manchester, N.H.; Joseph Murphy, Associate, Whitman&Howard, Inc., Wellesley, Mass; and Kenneth Stone, Chief of Sanitary Engineering, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, Vt.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1980.tb04562.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Many utilities, assuming that adequate distribution system maintenance requires a blank check, delay budgeting for system repairs. But efficient maintenance operations need not always be expensive. This issue of the Journal surveys some methods for distribution system upkeep whose elegance derives from their simplicity and low cost.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1980.tb04563.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Like many cities, Richmond, Va., faces in addition to normal maintenance problems the complications resulting from an aging system encompassing a variety of materials installed over a span of many years. (Some pipe still in service dates back to 1832.) The utility's experiences are relevant not only to other now‐elderly systems but to all those whose own century mark is but a matter of time.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1980.tb04564.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Complete, up‐to‐date records, including as‐built drawings, are not mere paperwork but essential tools for promoting efficient maintenance of distribution system components and for providing background data needed for sound utility management.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1980.tb04565.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

When trimming the fat from an already lean budget for pipeline maintenance and repair is impracticable, utilities can by inaugurating common sense cost‐cutting measures achieve significant savings.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1980.tb04566.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The conventional approach to forecasting future per capita water consumption—extrapolating the trend of increasing consumption which has prevailed over the past 30 years—will have to be reevaluated in view of an apparent leveling off of demand in the Pacific Northwest.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1980.tb04567.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Engineers and planners need a system of computer programs to effectively analyze water distribution systems. The days of using a single computer program to solve for pressure and flow variables have passed. Capabilities such as extracting and combining networks and allocating loads are a must for optimal system operation. Manipulation, comparison, and checking programs provide efficient and accurate methods to process data and determine trends and solutions. The Denver Water Department successfully uses one such system to operate efficiently and control costs.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1980.tb04568.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

New research findings verified by electron photomicrographs indicate that the efficiency of coagulation is less influenced by zeta potential than was formerly believed. Adsorption of potential‐determining ions and bridging explain the observed phenomena better than the generally held double‐layer theory of coagulation.

ISSN:0003-150X    

DOI:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1980.tb04569.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY