Drinking water quality

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Title:

Author:

Gray, N. F.

ISBN:

9780521878258

9780521702539

Personal Author:

Gray, N. F.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Physical Description:

xvi, 520 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

General Note:

Previous ed.: Chichester: Wiley, 1994.

Formerly CIP.

CIP had author as Nick F. Gray.

Abstract:

"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 there have been enormous changes in the water industry, especially in the way drinking water is perceived and regulated. This new edition is an overview of the current and emerging problems, and what can be done to solve them. It has been completely updated and includes new WHO Revised Drinking Water Guidelines."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Drinking water -- Developed countries.

Drinking water -- Standards -- Developed countries.

Water quality -- Developed countries.

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Summary

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.