Drinking water quality : problems and solutions /
Gray, N. F.
Drinking water quality : problems and solutions / by Nick F. Gray. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xvi, 520p. : ill.; 25cm.
Previous ed.: Chichester: Wiley, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.The water business -- 2.Drinking water standards and risk -- 3.A quick guide to drinking water problems -- 4.Sources of water -- 5.Nitrate and nitrite -- 6.Pesticides and organic micro-pollutants -- 7.Endocrine-distrupting compounds and PPCP\'s -- 8.Odour and taste -- 9.Metals -- 10.Hardness and total dissolved solids -- 11.Algae and algal toxins -- 12.Radon and radioactivity -- 13.Pathogens -- 14.Water treatment -- 15.Aluminium and acrylamide -- 16.Odour and taste -- 17.Fluoridation -- 18.Disinfection by-products -- 19.Monitoring and removal of pathogens -- 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 -- 26.Household plumbing systems -- 27.Corrosion and metal contamination from pipework and fittings -- 28.Microorganisms, fibres and taste -- 29.Alternatives to tap water -- 30.Water security in the twenty-first century -- 31.Final analysis.
0521702534 (pbk.) : £35.00 9780521878258 (hbk.) : £75.00 052187825X (hbk.) : £75.00 9780521702539 (pbk.) : £35.00
Drinking water--Developed countries.
Drinking water--Standards--Developed countries.
Water quality--Developed countries.
363.61091722 GRA
Drinking water quality : problems and solutions / by Nick F. Gray. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xvi, 520p. : ill.; 25cm.
Previous ed.: Chichester: Wiley, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.The water business -- 2.Drinking water standards and risk -- 3.A quick guide to drinking water problems -- 4.Sources of water -- 5.Nitrate and nitrite -- 6.Pesticides and organic micro-pollutants -- 7.Endocrine-distrupting compounds and PPCP\'s -- 8.Odour and taste -- 9.Metals -- 10.Hardness and total dissolved solids -- 11.Algae and algal toxins -- 12.Radon and radioactivity -- 13.Pathogens -- 14.Water treatment -- 15.Aluminium and acrylamide -- 16.Odour and taste -- 17.Fluoridation -- 18.Disinfection by-products -- 19.Monitoring and removal of pathogens -- 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 -- 26.Household plumbing systems -- 27.Corrosion and metal contamination from pipework and fittings -- 28.Microorganisms, fibres and taste -- 29.Alternatives to tap water -- 30.Water security in the twenty-first century -- 31.Final analysis.
0521702534 (pbk.) : £35.00 9780521878258 (hbk.) : £75.00 052187825X (hbk.) : £75.00 9780521702539 (pbk.) : £35.00
Drinking water--Developed countries.
Drinking water--Standards--Developed countries.
Water quality--Developed countries.
363.61091722 GRA