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About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Introduction to Water Supply
- Part II Problems with the Resource
- Part III Problems Arising From Water Treatment
- Part IV Problems Arising in the Distribution Network
- Part V Problems in Household Plumbing Systems
- Part VI The Water We Drink
- Appendix 1 EC Drinking Water Directive (98/83/EEC) quality parameters
- Appendix 2 US National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Standards of the US Environmental Protection Agency (2006)
- Appendix 3 World Health Organization drinking water guide values for chemicals of health significance. Health-related guide values have not been set for a number of chemicals that are not considered hazardous at concentrations normally found in drinking water, although some of these compounds may lead to consumer complaints on aesthetic grounds. These are listed in Table 2.6
- Appendix 4 Major pesticides and their degradation (breakdown) products with their relative toxicity limits in drinking water. The toxicity is based on limits set originally by the Federal Health Authority in the former Federal Republic of Germany (Miller et al., 1990), where category A pesticides should not exceed 1 µg l-1, category B 3µgL-1 and category C 10 µgL-1
- Appendix 5 EC Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) Priority Substances
- Appendix 6 List I and List II substances covered by the EC Dangerous Substances Directive (76/464/EEC)
- Appendix 7 The USEPA second Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL) Published in February 2005
- Glossary
- Index