The Environmental Science of Drinking Water

Patrick J. Sullivan, Franklin J. Agardy, James J.J. Clark

384 pages, parution le 15/08/2005

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In today's chemically dependent society, environmental studies demonstrate that drinking water in developed countries contains numerous industrial chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and chemicals from water treatment processes. This poses a real threat. As a result of the ever-expanding list of chemical and biochemical products industry, current drinking water standards that serve to preserve our drinking water quality are grossly out of date.

Environmental Science of Drinking Water demonstrates why we need to make a fundamental change in our approach toward protecting our drinking water. Factual and circumstantial evidence showing the failure of current drinking water standards to adequately protect human health is presented along with analysis of the extent of pollution in our water resources and drinking water. The authors also present detail of the currently available state-of-the-art technologies which, if fully employed, can move us toward a healthier future.

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1 The water we drink
2 Water pollution
3 Water protection
4 Living with the risk of polluted water
5 Managing risk and drinking water quality
Appendice 1-1 Average elemental abundance in the earth's crust
Appendice 1-2 Chemical compounds with established water quality criteria - 1952
Appendice 1-3 USEPA national recommended water quality criteria for freshwater and human consumption of water + organism : 2002
Appendice 2-1 Dow industrial chemicals, solvents and dyes in 1938
Appendice 2-2 USEPA list of priority pollutants
Appendice 2-3 Summary of surface water data
Appendice 2-4 Summary of shallow groundwater data
Appendice 2-5 Organic chemicals found in landfill leachate and gas
Appendice 2-6 Unregulated pollutants discharged to or identified in water resources
Appendice 2-7 Chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity
Appendice 2-8 Regulated pesticides in food with residue tolerances
Appendice 2-9 Comparison of chemicals required to be monitored in groundwater by RCRA
Appendice 3-1 General drinking water monitoring and warning requirements (as of 2002)
Appendice 3-2 National drinking water contaminant occurrence database data on primary water quality standards (May 18, 2001)
Appendice 3-3 National drinking water contaminant occurrence database : data on unregulated compounds
Appendice 3-4 Examples of bottled mineral water chemistry
Appendice 3-5 Examples of bottled water chemistry
Appendice 3-6 Trace element analysis of mineral waters (ppb) that appear in either appendix 3-4 or appendix 3-5
Appendice 4-1 Glossary of terms adapted from the international union of pure and applied chemistry (IUPAC) (1993)
Appendice 4-2 Chemical examples on the toxicology of drinking water standards
Appendice 4-3 Suspected endocrine-disrupting chemicals
Appendice 4-4 U.S. geological survey target compounds, national reconnaissance of emerging contaminants in U.S. streams (2000)

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Éditeur(s)	Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier
Auteur(s)	Patrick J. Sullivan, Franklin J. Agardy, James J.J. Clark
Parution	15/08/2005
Nb. de pages	384
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	810g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750678766
ISBN13	978-0-7506-7876-6