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Small water supplies : a practical guide / David Clapham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clapham, David, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply.
- Water quality management.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Spon Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- The importance of water 1
- Water in the developing world 3
- A definition of small water supplies 3
- The hydrological cycle 4
- Geology 6
- 2 Small water supplies 12
- Springs 16
- Wells 21
- Boreholes 26
- Surface water 29
- Rainwater collection 32
- Desalination 33
- Fog collection 33
- Other associated components 34
- 3 Physical properties of water 42
- Tastes and odours 42
- Conductivity 43
- Hardness and softness 44
- Hydrogen ion or pH 47
- Turbidity 50
- Insufficiency 52
- 4 Risk assessment 53
- Rainfall and weather 60
- Sampling programmes 62
- Sanitary surveys and risk assessment 73
- 5 Water and health 77
- Microbiological considerations 81
- Indicator organisms 88
- Outbreaks of disease associated with small water supplies 94
- 6 Waterborne diseases 99
- 7 Viral diseases 101
- Enteroviral diseases 101
- Viral gastroenteritis 102
- Viral hepatitis 104
- 8 Disease-causing bacteria 107
- Campylobacter 107
- Cholera 111
- Escherichia coli 115
- Salmonella typhi 120
- Shigella 122
- Yersinia 124
- Other bacteria of potential concern 125
- 9 Environmental or adventitious bacteria 129
- Aeromonas 129
- Burkholderia 130
- Plesiomonas 130
- Pseudomonas 131
- 10 Protozoa 132
- Amoebic dysentery 132
- Cryptosporidium 134
- Cyclospora 141
- Giardia 142
- Naegleria 145
- 11 Helminth infestation 146
- Dracunculiasis 146
- 12 Water-related diseases 148
- Dengue fever 149
- Lymphatic filariasis 150
- Malaria 150
- Yellow fever 152
- 13 Water-contact diseases and cyanobacteria 153
- Schistosomiasis 153
- Cyanobacteria 154
- 14 Chemical contamination 161
- 15 Inorganic contaminants 163
- Aluminium 163
- Arsenic 167
- Asbestos 170
- Copper 171
- Iron 173
- Lead 174
- Manganese 177
- Nitrates 179
- Minor inorganic contaminants 185
- 16 Organic contaminants 191
- Disinfection by-products and trihalomethanes 191
- Organic solvents 195
- Pesticides 198
- Polynuclear or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 204
- Minor organic contaminants 205
- 17 Radioactive contamination 210
- Radon 211
- Uranium 216
- 18 Treatment options 217
- Disinfection 220
- Contaminant removal 227
- Other treatment systems 235
- 19 Action to improve supplies 244
- Boil water advisory notices 251
- Formal statutory action 253
- Directive on the Quality of Water Intended for Human Consumption 253
- UK Drinking-water legislation 256
- Other legislation for securing improvement 272
- 20 UK governmental control 276
- 21 USA 278
- The direct influence of surface water 279
- Borehole protection 280
- Education and advice 284
- Indian land 286.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0415282829
- OCLC:
- 56913377
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