Library
The contents of the H2O'C Engineering Library by John T. and Tom O'Connor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
H2O'C Projects 1 H2O'C projects (Slide Show - 7 MB)
H2O'C Projects 2 more H2O'C projects (Slide Show - 7.3 MB)
What you can’t (or shouldn’t) put into your Sanitary Sewerage System 2012
Air-Assisted Backwash (Air Scour) 2012
The Story of Bottled Water 2008 (Periodically Updated Slide Show - 22 MB)
Bottled Water Radio Interview, April, 2013
Sustainability
Sustainable Water Systems
A Brief History of Human Waste Disposal - and its possible Future
Part 1. Cesspits & Outhouses
Part 2. Toilets & Water Carriage
Part 3. Sewerage
Part 4. Sewage Treatment
Part 5. Wastewater Treatment
Part 6. The Future: Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse
The Early History of Water Purification (Slide Show - 2.4 MB)
Water and Wastewater Treatment in Japan, 2007 (Slide Show - 14 MB)
Household Electric Energy Usage, 2010 (7.6 MB)
Source Water Protection
Source Water Protection 2010 (8MB pdf)
Pit Happens: Copper Corrosion in Household Plumbing
Pit Happens (Slide Show - 4 MB)
Pit Happens-Part One (pdf - 5 MB)
Pit Happens-Part Two (pdf - 1 MB)
Water Quality Deterioration During Distribution
Part 1: Recognition of the Role of Microorganisms
Part 2: Microbial Process in Distribution Mains
Part 3: Microbiologically-Mediated Deterioration in Groundwater Supplies
Part 4: Microbiologically-Mediated Deterioration in Surface Water Supplies
Water Quality Deterioration During Distribution
Controlling Nitrification in a Water Distribution System using Sodium Chlorite, Water Engineering and Management, V. 148; 9, Sept. 2001
A New Method for the Control of Nitrification (2002) (4.3 MB)
Kinetics of Chlorine Depletion and Microbial Growth in Household Plumbing Systems
Kinetics-FiguresBiologically Mediated Deterioration of Water Quality in Distribution Systems, AWWA WQTC, 1977; Photos of Microorganisms
The Effect of Water Treatment Plant Performance on Distribution System Water Quality, AWWA Water Quality Technology Conferences 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 (a 73 page compendium of a four-part series)
Control of Water Quality Deterioration in Water Distribution Systems
Part 1: Presence of Methane in Illinois Well Water Supplies
Part 2: Removal of Methane at Normal, Illinois
Part 3: Studies of Methane Removal by Aeration
Part 4: Alternatives for Removal of Microbial Nutrients
Methane-Bearing Illinois Well Water Supplies
Bibliography related to Microbially-Mediated Water Quality Deterioration
Arsenic in Drinking Water
Part 1. The Development of Drinking Water Regulations
Part 2. Human Exposure and Health Effects
Part 3. Occurrence of Arsenic in U.S. Waters
Part 4. Arsenic Removal Methods
Arsenic (Slide Show - 19.3 MB)
Refrigerator 'Filter' - under the Microscope
Refrigerator Dispenser vs. Columbia, MO Tap Water
Microscopes, Particle Counters, Turbidity, and Bacteria
Illustration of Microscopic Techniques (Slide Show)
Missouri Stream, Pond, and Lake Sampling
Stream Biomonitoring to Assess the Impact of Large-Scale Livestock Production
Rapid Sand Filtration - ASCE, 2001
Assessments of Water Treatment Plant Performance - AWWA, 1986
Particle and Organism Removals, Kansas City, MO, 2001
Iron and Manganese Removal; Control of Bacterial Growths on Filters
Precipitation of Iron in Aerated Ground Waters, ASCE, 1966
Removal of Iron from Ground Water by Filtration, AWWA, 1967
Iron Removal Using Magnesium Oxide, ASCE, 1970
Removal of Trace Inorganic Constituents, University of Illinois, February, 1974
Biologically Mediated Chemical Changes in Filtration of Aerated Ground Waters,
Control of Bacterial Growths in Rapid Sand Filters, ASCE, 1971
Total Organic Carbon: A Technical Review and Critique, 2004; A Study of Enhanced Coagulation
TOC and THM of 101 Missouri Drinking Water Supplies: A 1980 and 1989 Comparison
TOC of Missouri Drinking Water Supplies
Images
TOC-Northern-MO.jpg
Willmar, Minnesota - Copper Corrosion, Chloramine, and the Effect of Nitrification
Taste and Odor Control - Lake Waters
Taste and Odor Problems, Greenville, IL, July, 2003
Lake Water Analyses, Greenville, IL, April, 2004
Governor Bond Lake, June, 2005
DBP Control - Little Rock, Arkansas
Control of Microbial Quality, ASCE Natl. Conf. on Envir. Engr., 1994
Treatment Plant Evaluations and Pilot Plant Studies at Little Rock, 1996
Zinc in Natural Waters
Evaluation of Procedures for the Determination of Zinc, AWWA, 1963
Zinc Concentrations in Rivers of the Chesapeake Bay, AWWA,1964
Soluble-Adsorbed Zinc Equilibrium in Natural Waters, AWWA, 1964
Field Disinfection of Canteen Waters - Globaline, Halazone
Water Conservation - The Conservative Approach to Energy Resources Development
Energy Issues and Perspectives, University of Missouri-Columbia, Nov. 3, 1975
O'Commentary
The Value of Life
Top Ten Things Real Americans Enjoyed Most about U.S. Television Reporting of the War of Liberation of IraqInside the Box - The Metamorphosis of Americans into Hot House Plants
Science, Faith and O'Connorism

Part 1: Recognition of the Role of Microorganisms
Part 1. TOC-Regulation