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Drinking Water Microbiology - Progress and Recent Developments (Hardcover, 1990 ed.)
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Drinking Water Microbiology - Progress and Recent Developments (Hardcover, 1990 ed.)
Series: Brock Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience
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The microbiology of drinking water remains an important worldwide
concern despite modem progress in science and engineering.
Countries that are more technologically advanced have experienced a
significant reduction in water borne morbidity within the last 100
years: This reduction has been achieved through the application of
effective technologies for the treatment, disinfec tion, and
distribution of potable water. However, morbidity resulting from
the ingestion of contaminated water persists globally, and the
available ep idemiological evidence (Waterborne Diseases in the
United States, G. F. Craun, ed. , 1986, CRC Press) demonstrates a
dramatic increase in the number of waterborne outbreaks and
individual cases within the United States since the mid-1960s. In
addition, it should also be noted that the incidence of water borne
outbreaks of unknown etiology and those caused by "new" pathogens,
such as Campylobaeter sp. , is also increasing in the United
States. Although it might be debated whether these increases are
real or an artifact resulting from more efficient reporting, it is
clear that waterborne morbidity cannot be ignored in the
industrialized world. More significantly, it represents one of the
most important causes of illness within developing countries.
Approxi mately one-half the world's population experiences diseases
that are the direct consequence of drinking polluted water. Such
illnesses are the primary cause of infant mortality in many Third
World countries.
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