Drinking Water Quality Problems and Solutions
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Description
This textbook provides a comprehensive review of the problems associated with the supply of drinking water in the developed world. Since the first edition of this book was published, water companies and regulators have been presented with numerous new challenges - global warming has seriously affected water supplies and water quality; advances in chemical and microbial analysis have revealed many new contaminants in water that were previously undetectable; and recent terrorist attacks have demonstrated how vulnerable water supplies are to…
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Key features
- Covers the entire water supply chain, giving a clear picture of where and how contaminants enter drinking water
- Examines new techniques for maintaining water supplies in response to climate change, and looks at problems of water security in response to terrorism threats
- Includes the WHO Revised Drinking Water Guidelines along with all new standards and regulations on water contaminants
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511805387
- Subjects Earth and Environmental Sciences,Environmental Science,Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Water Resources
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 21 April 2008
- ISBN: 9780521702539
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 0.95kg
- Contains: 67 b/w illus. 112 tables
- Page extent: 538 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9780511805387
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