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A review of the nation's new coverages serves as a ready reminder
that drinking water safety is more than regional of local concern.
In recent times, the print media alone has drawn attention to
barium, bacteria, heavy metals, and increasingly organic
contaminants, in public water supplies located in Florida, Rhode
Island, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina,
Michigan, and California, to name a few. In an effort to address
one of the major issues confronting the future of the nation's
drinking water supplies, chemical contamination, the Drinking Water
Research Foundation and the American Chemical Society presented the
symposium, "Safe Drinking Water: the Impact of Chemicals on a
Limited Resource." To add balance to the total presentation, two
papers were included that were not part of the symposium.
Several general books are available on ultraviolet light and its
applications. However, this is the first comprehensive monograph
that deals with its application to water and wastewater treatment.
There is a rapidly growing interest in using UV light in water
sanitation due to the increased knowledge of the potential health
and environmental impacts of disinfection byproducts. Ultraviolet
Light in Water and Wastewater Sanitation integrates the fundamental
physics applicable to water and wastewater sanitation, the
engineering aspects, and the practical experience in the field. The
text analyzes the concerns associated with this application of UV
light and brings together comprehensive information on the
presently available UV technologies applicable to water and
wastewater treatment including: lamp technologies, criteria of
evaluation and choice of technology; fundamental principles;
performance criteria for disinfection; design criteria and methods;
synergistic use of UV and oxidants (advanced oxidation); and
functional requirements and potential advantages and drawbacks of
the technique. Ultraviolet Light in Water and Wastewater Sanitation
is the only treatise currently available combining fundamental
knowledge, recommendations for design, evaluations of performance,
and future prospects for this application. Water and wastewater
treatment professionals, water utility employees, governmental
regulators, and chemists will find this book an essential and
unique reference for a technology which has received growing
regulatory acceptance.
Several general books are available on ultraviolet light and its
applications. However, this is the first comprehensive monograph
that deals with its application to water and wastewater treatment.
There is a rapidly growing interest in using UV light in water
sanitation due to the increased knowledge of the potential health
and environmental impacts of disinfection byproducts. Ultraviolet
Light in Water and Wastewater Sanitation integrates the fundamental
physics applicable to water and wastewater sanitation, the
engineering aspects, and the practical experience in the field. The
text analyzes the concerns associated with this application of UV
light and brings together comprehensive information on the
presently available UV technologies applicable to water and
wastewater treatment including: lamp technologies, criteria of
evaluation and choice of technology; fundamental principles;
performance criteria for disinfection; design criteria and methods;
synergistic use of UV and oxidants (advanced oxidation); and
functional requirements and potential advantages and drawbacks of
the technique. Ultraviolet Light in Water and Wastewater Sanitation
is the only treatise currently available combining fundamental
knowledge, recommendations for design, evaluations of performance,
and future prospects for this application. Water and wastewater
treatment professionals, water utility employees, governmental
regulators, and chemists will find this book an essential and
unique reference for a technology which has received growing
regulatory acceptance.
A review of the nation's new coverages serves as a ready reminder
that drinking water safety is more than regional of local concern.
In recent times, the print media alone has drawn attention to
barium, bacteria, heavy metals, and increasingly organic
contaminants, in public water supplies located in Florida, Rhode
Island, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina,
Michigan, and California, to name a few. In an effort to address
one of the major issues confronting the future of the nation's
drinking water supplies, chemical contamination, the Drinking Water
Research Foundation and the American Chemical Society presented the
symposium, "Safe Drinking Water: the Impact of Chemicals on a
Limited Resource." To add balance to the total presentation, two
papers were included that were not part of the symposium. Many
questions as to the public significance of hundreds of organic
chemicals known to be present in the national drinking water supply
are waiting to be answered. In some areas of the country, aid
rain-induced alterations of the natural leaching process represent
an unexplored potential source of toxic pollutants. Finding
workable ways to clean up the water supply will be an ongoing task.
Addressing these questions, as well as investigating how other
countries are responding to these problems, the alternate sources
available, such as bottled water, and point of use devices, the
presenters in this symposium have attempted to explain the
problems, situation, and alternatives. As progress is made in one
area, setbacks will occur in another. As we eliminate problems
thought chemical technology, we often create others, such as
contamination of our waters. While all the situations, problems,
and alternatives are not discussed in these proceedings, it is
hoped that some attention will be brought to the public,
government, and private sectors so that future work will be done to
assure the nation of safe drinking water resources.
A Comprehensive guide for the proper application of ozone in the
commercial laundry industry
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