Drinking Water Quality: Problems and Solutions

ISBN-13: 9780521702539 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 538 str.

Nick F. Gray

Opis

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 contamination or disruption. This new edition includes an overview of the current and emerging problems, with potential solutions. It has been completely updated, and includes the WHO Revised Drinking Water Guidelines. An ideal textbook for courses in environmental science, hydrology, environmental health and environmental engineering; it also provides an authoritative reference for practitioners and professionals in the water supply industry.

Spis treści

Preface; Glossary; Part I. Introduction to Water Supply: 1. The water business; 2. Drinking water standards and risk; 3. A quick guide to the problems; Part II. Problems with the Resource: 4. Sources of water; 5. Nitrate and nitrite; 6. Pesticides and organic micro-pollutants; 7. Endocrine disrupting compounds and PPCPs; 8. Odour and taste; 9. Metals; 10. Hardness and total dissolved solids; 11. Algae and algal toxins; 12. Radon and radioactivity; 13. Pathogens; Part III. Problems Arising from Water Treatment: 14. Water treatment; 15. Aluminium and acrylamide; 16. Odour and taste; 17. Fluoridation; 18. Disinfection by-products; 19. Monitoring and removal of pathogens; Part IV. Problems Arising in the Distribution System: 20. The distribution network; 21. Aesthetic quality; 22. Asbestos; 23. Coal tar linings and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; 24. Animals on tap; 25. Pathogens in the distribution system; Part V. Problems in Household Plumbing: 26. Household plumbing systems; 27. Corrosion and metal contamination from pipework and fittings; 28. Micro-organisms, fibres and taste; Part VI. The Water We Drink: 29. Alternatives to tap water; 30. Water security in the twenty-first century; 31. Final analysis; Appendices; Index.