The Complete Handbook of Water

This handbook is exactly what I needed when I took over the beverage operation at our restaurant group. The chapters on water specifications and treatment types finally made sense of what suppliers were actually recommending. My only critique is that Chapter 6 could use more detail on finding local installers, but the sourcing framework itself is solid and has already saved us money on our filtration decision.

Finally, a water reference written by someone who understands how this actually works. I've been managing facilities for 12 years and never had a single resource that covered water this thoroughly—from the chemistry up through real maintenance decisions. The troubleshooting section alone is worth the price, and the section on regulatory compliance kept us from making a costly mistake. Highly recommend for any operations team.

As someone setting up a microbrewery, I was drowning in contradictory advice about water treatment. This handbook gave me the framework to understand what I actually needed, helped me ask the right questions of suppliers, and saved me from buying an oversized system. The chapter on specifications is incredibly practical and the glossary is a lifesaver when reading technical docs.

The book is well-organized and takes a serious approach, which I appreciated. That said, some sections felt a bit heavy on chemistry for a business audience, and I would have liked more case studies of actual cost comparisons. Still useful overall, but probably most valuable for people with some technical background already.

I'm a water system installer and I bought this to fill gaps in my operational knowledge. The section on why specifications matter and how to read them properly is excellent—way better than the manufacturer training I received. The chapter on maintenance and troubleshooting is now my go-to reference before a service call. This is professional-level material.

Solid technical handbook overall, but I found myself wanting more industry-specific examples. A chapter section on hospitality versus manufacturing versus agriculture would have made it more immediately useful to my situation. The fundamentals are correct, but some readers might need more guidance on applying the concepts to their own operation.

I run a swimming pool service business and I was skeptical this would apply to my work, but the chapters on water chemistry, contamination, and maintenance troubleshooting are directly applicable and clearer than anything I've seen. The glossary alone is worth keeping by my desk, and the supplier information helped me understand the landscape better. Practical and honest.

Excellent reference book. The first chapter does a great job of explaining why water matters at a technical level without being academic, and the rest builds logically from there. My only wish is that some chapters had checklists or templates I could print out, but the information itself is spot-on and I've already used it to solve a real problem in our operation.