Drinking water : contamination, toxicity and treatment

Drinking water : contamination, toxicity and treatment / Javier D. Romero and Pablo S. Molina, editors.

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Other Authors: Romero, Javier D., Molina, Pablo S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.
Subjects:
Drinking water > Purification.
Drinking water > Contamination.
Water > Pollution > Toxicology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
Drinking water > Contamination
Drinking water > Purification
Water > Pollution > Toxicology
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • DRINKING WATER: CONTAMINATION, TOXICITY AND TREATMENT
  • DRINKING WATER: CONTAMINATION, TOXICITY AND TREATMENT
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1 TOXIN CONTAMINATION OF SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE WATER BODIES CONNECTED WITH LAKE VICO'S WATERSHED (CENTRAL ITALY)
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. GEOLOGY
  • 2. HYDROGEOLOGY
  • 3. HYDROLOGY
  • 4. METHODOLOGIES
  • MAIN PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAKE'S WATERS THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL MONITORING SURVEYS
  • 5. GROUNDWATER MONITORING
  • Lake Monitoring Survey
  • 6. STATISTICAL QUANTIFICATION OF EUTROPHICATING SUBSTANCES POTENTIALLY MIGRATING INTO LAKE VICO FROM SURFACE WATER, GROUNDWATER AND DISCHARGES
  • Watersheds and Hydrological Basins
  • Water Budget
  • Methodological Approach
  • Temperature-Rainfall Data
  • Distributed Water Budget
  • Sources of Polluting Loads
  • Data Base of Releases Developed by the Province of Viterbo
  • Sources of Data for Quantifying Residential and Industrial Releases
  • Approach to Spatial Representation of Permanent Population Data
  • Approach to Spatial Representationo of Temporary Population Data
  • Sources of Data for Quantifying Agricultural Loads
  • Approaches to Quantification of Releases from Point and Diffuse Sources
  • Determination of Residential and Industrial Loads
  • Assessment of Agricultural Loads
  • Nitrogen
  • Nitrogen to be applied as fertilizer = A -B +C +D
  • Nitrogen to be applied as a fertilizer = A-B+C+D and solving with respect to C
  • Phosphorus
  • Livestock breeding
  • Quantification of Eutrophicating Substances Potentially Migrating into Lakes From Surface Water, Groundwater and Direct Discharges
  • 7. EXPERIMENTALLY MEASURED VERSUS STATISTICALY CALCULATED CONCENTRATIONS OF EUTROPHICATING SUBSTANCES
  • 8. TOXIC EUTROPHICATION OF LAKE VICO
  • Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins
  • Microcystins
  • Characteristics of Planktothrix rubescens.
  • Ecophysiology
  • Photosynthetic Metabolism
  • Floatability
  • Trophic Status of Lake Vico
  • Phosphorus Balance/Budget at the Watershed Scale
  • Materials and Methods
  • Surface Sampling
  • Vertical Sampling
  • Sampling at Different Depths
  • Physico-Chemical Parameters
  • Sedimentation and Cell Count
  • Identification and Quantification of Toxins
  • Determination Via LC-MS-TANDEM
  • Performance of the Method
  • FINAL CONSIDERATIONS
  • Remediation
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 2 DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATION WITH METALS
  • ABSTRCT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CADMIUM
  • CHROMIUM
  • LEAD
  • COPPER
  • ALUMINUM
  • ARSENIC
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 3 CURRENT AND EMERGING MICROBIOLOGY ISSUES OF POTABLE WATER IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIRUSES
  • TOXIGENICITY
  • FOODBORNE 'CONTAMINATING' BACTERIA
  • PROTOZOAN PARASITES
  • Emerging and Opportunistic Pathogens
  • INDICATOR METHODS
  • RAPID DETECTION METHODS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 4 THE RELIABILITY OF THE GRAB SAMPLE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF FLUORIDE IN POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • SAMPLE COLLECTION
  • LABORATORY MEASURMENTS
  • RESULTS
  • DISCUSSION
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 5 RETENTION OF MICROBIAL PATHOGENS BY FILTRATION
  • ABSTRACT
  • 1. BACKGROUND
  • 2. PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS
  • 3. FILTRATION
  • 3.1. Granular Filtration
  • 3.2. Membrane Filtration
  • 4. STUDY ON RAPID SAND FILTRATION OF OOCYSTS OF CRPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM
  • RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
  • 5. MEMBRANE FILTRATION OF ENTERIC VIRUSES
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 6 EFFECTIVE REMOVAL OF LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF ARSENIC AND LEAD AND THE MONITORING OF MOLECULAR REMOVAL MECHANISM AT THE SURFACE
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • METHODS
  • RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
  • CONCLUDING REMARK AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES.
  • Chapter 7 DETOXIFICATION OF STEROIDAL HORMONES IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. CONTAMINATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY OF STEROIDAL ESTROGENS
  • 3. REMOVAL OF ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES OF STEROIDAL ESTROGENS BY LIGNINOLYTIC ENZYMES FROM WHITE ROT FUNGI
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 8 INFLUENCE OF MINERALIZED/MINED AREAS IN THE QUALITY OF WATERS DESTINED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRINKING WATER
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CASE STUDY: ARSENIC MINE IN RIAÑO (LEÓN, SPAIN)
  • CASE STUDY: COPPER MINE IN RIOSA (ASTURIAS, SPAIN)
  • CASE STUDY: HG MINING DISTRICT IN CAUDAL RIVER CATCHMENT (ASTURIAS, SPAIN)
  • CASE STUDY: GOLD MINE IN SALAS (ASTURIAS, SPAIN)
  • FINAL COMMENTS
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 9 ELECTROCHEMICAL STRIPPING ANALYSIS IN WATER QUALITY CONTROL
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PREPARATION OF WATER SAMPLES
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL STRIPPING ANALYSIS
  • STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY
  • POTENTIOMETRIC STRIPPING ANALYSIS
  • CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRIC STRIPPING ANALYSIS
  • GLASSY CARBON AS AN ELECTRODE MATERIAL
  • WATER ANALYSIS
  • MULTIELEMENT ANALYSIS
  • SPECIATION ANALYSIS
  • SELENIUM DETERMINATION
  • COPPER DETERMINATION
  • MERCURY DETERMINATION
  • ARSENIC DETERMINATION
  • THALLIUM DETERMINATION
  • BISMUTH DETERMINATION
  • MANGANESE DETERMINATION
  • SILVER DETERMINATION
  • COBALT AND NICKEL DETERMINATION
  • IRON DETERMINATION
  • URANIUM DETERMINATION
  • ALUMINIUM DETERMINATION
  • DETERMINATION OF ANIONS
  • CSA OF ARSENIC AND MERCURY IN WATER
  • CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRIC STRIPPING DETERMINATION OF MERCURY USING A GLASSY CARBON
  • PROCESS VESSEL AS A WORKING ELECTRODE
  • CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRIC STRIPPING DETERMINATION OF ARSENIC USING GOLD FILM ELECTRODE
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 10 IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF 224RA, 226RA AND 228RA IN THE HYDROGEOCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: A REVIEW
  • ABSTRACT.
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE HYDROGEOLOGIC SETTING
  • RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • SHORT-LIVED GROSS ALPHA PARTICLE ACTIVITY
  • 224RA, 226RA AND 228RA IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY DRINKING WATER
  • PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
  • SOME MORE RECENT ACTIVITIES
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 11 PUMPING TEST DATA ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DEEP AQUIFER IN THE LOWER DELTA FLOODPLAIN AT MADARIPUR, SOUTHERN BANGLADESH
  • ABSTRACT
  • NOTATION
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. STUDY AREA
  • 3. METHODS
  • 3.1. Lithologic Borelogs
  • 3.2. Installation of Pumping and Observation Wells
  • 3.3. Aquifer Test Data Analytical Method
  • 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
  • 4.1. Aquifer System at Madaripur Area
  • 4.2. Monitoring of Groundwater Level
  • 4.3. Recharge to Aquifers
  • 4.4. Aquifer-Test Measurements and Data Analysis
  • 5. CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 12 THE INFLUENCE OF PH ON SORPTION/DESORPTION EQUILIBRIUM OF CD2+ AND PB2+ IN A BOTTOM SEDIMENT-WATER SYSTEM
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • MATERIALS AND METHODS
  • Study Area, Sampling and Sample Preparation
  • Sorption Experiments
  • METAL DETERMINATIONS
  • RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
  • Sorption Curves of Cadmium
  • Sorption Curves of Lead
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
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