Drinking Water Quality
Problems and Solutions

Textbook covering problems with supply of drinking water, ideal for environmental sciences students and professionals.

N. F. Gray (Author)

9780521702539, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 3 April 2008

538 pages, 67 b/w illus. 112 tables
24.4 x 18.8 x 3 cm, 0.95 kg

This textbook provides a comprehensive review of the problems associated with the supply of drinking water in the developed world. Since the first edition of this book was published, water companies and regulators have been presented with numerous new challenges - global warming has seriously affected water supplies and water quality; advances in chemical and microbial analysis have revealed many new contaminants in water that were previously undetectable; and recent terrorist attacks have demonstrated how vulnerable water supplies are to contamination or disruption. This new edition includes an overview of the current and emerging problems, with potential solutions. It has been completely updated, and includes the WHO Revised Drinking Water Guidelines. An ideal textbook for courses in environmental science, hydrology, environmental health and environmental engineering; it also provides an authoritative reference for practitioners and professionals in the water supply industry.

Preface
Glossary
Part I. Introduction to Water Supply: 1. The water business
2. Drinking water standards and risk
3. A quick guide to the problems
Part II. Problems with the Resource: 4. Sources of water
5. Nitrate and nitrite
6. Pesticides and organic micro-pollutants
7. Endocrine disrupting compounds and PPCPs
8. Odour and taste
9. Metals
10. Hardness and total dissolved solids
11. Algae and algal toxins
12. Radon and radioactivity
13. Pathogens
Part III. Problems Arising from Water Treatment: 14. Water treatment
15. Aluminium and acrylamide
16. Odour and taste
17. Fluoridation
18. Disinfection by-products
19. Monitoring and removal of pathogens
Part IV. Problems Arising in the Distribution System: 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
Part V. Problems in Household Plumbing: 26. Household plumbing systems
27. Corrosion and metal contamination from pipework and fittings
28. Micro-organisms, fibres and taste
Part VI. The Water We Drink: 29. Alternatives to tap water
30. Water security in the twenty-first century
31. Final analysis
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: Environmental monitoring [TQD], Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN], Limnology [freshwater RBKF], Personal & public health [MBNH], Law [L], Politics & government [JP]