Drinking Water : Contamination, Toxicity and Treatment.

Intro -- DRINKING WATER: CONTAMINATION, TOXICITY AND TREATMENT -- DRINKING WATER: CONTAMINATION, TOXICITY AND TREATMENT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 TOXIN CONTAMINATION OF SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE WATER BODIES CONNECTED WITH LAKE VICO'S WATERSHED (CENTRAL ITALY) -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. GEOLOGY -- 2. HYDROGEOLOGY -- 3. HYDROLOGY -- 4. METHODOLOGIES -- MAIN PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAKE'S WATERS THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL MONITORING SURVEYS -- 5. GROUNDWATER MONITORING -- Lake Monitoring Survey -- 6. STATISTICAL QUANTIFICATION OF EUTROPHICATING SUBSTANCES POTENTIALLY MIGRATING INTO LAKE VICO FROM SURFACE WATER, GROUNDWATER AND DISCHARGES -- Watersheds and Hydrological Basins -- Water Budget -- Methodological Approach -- Temperature-Rainfall Data -- Distributed Water Budget -- Sources of Polluting Loads -- Data Base of Releases Developed by the Province of Viterbo -- Sources of Data for Quantifying Residential and Industrial Releases -- Approach to Spatial Representation of Permanent Population Data -- Approach to Spatial Representationo of Temporary Population Data -- Sources of Data for Quantifying Agricultural Loads -- Approaches to Quantification of Releases from Point and Diffuse Sources -- Determination of Residential and Industrial Loads -- Assessment of Agricultural Loads -- Nitrogen -- Nitrogen to be applied as fertilizer = A -B +C +D -- Nitrogen to be applied as a fertilizer = A-B+C+D and solving with respect to C -- Phosphorus -- Livestock breeding -- Quantification of Eutrophicating Substances Potentially Migrating into Lakes From Surface Water, Groundwater and Direct Discharges -- 7. EXPERIMENTALLY MEASURED VERSUS STATISTICALY CALCULATED CONCENTRATIONS OF EUTROPHICATING SUBSTANCES -- 8. TOXIC EUTROPHICATION OF LAKE VICO -- Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins -- Microcystins -- Characteristics of Planktothrix rubescens.

Ecophysiology -- Photosynthetic Metabolism -- Floatability -- Trophic Status of Lake Vico -- Phosphorus Balance/Budget at the Watershed Scale -- Materials and Methods -- Surface Sampling -- Vertical Sampling -- Sampling at Different Depths -- Physico-Chemical Parameters -- Sedimentation and Cell Count -- Identification and Quantification of Toxins -- Determination Via LC-MS-TANDEM -- Performance of the Method -- FINAL CONSIDERATIONS -- Remediation -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATION WITH METALS -- ABSTRCT -- INTRODUCTION -- CADMIUM -- CHROMIUM -- LEAD -- COPPER -- ALUMINUM -- ARSENIC -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 CURRENT AND EMERGING MICROBIOLOGY ISSUES OF POTABLE WATER IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- VIRUSES -- TOXIGENICITY -- FOODBORNE 'CONTAMINATING' BACTERIA -- PROTOZOAN PARASITES -- Emerging and Opportunistic Pathogens -- INDICATOR METHODS -- RAPID DETECTION METHODS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 THE RELIABILITY OF THE GRAB SAMPLE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF FLUORIDE IN POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SAMPLE COLLECTION -- LABORATORY MEASURMENTS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 RETENTION OF MICROBIAL PATHOGENS BY FILTRATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. BACKGROUND -- 2. PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS -- 3. FILTRATION -- 3.1. Granular Filtration -- 3.2. Membrane Filtration -- 4. STUDY ON RAPID SAND FILTRATION OF OOCYSTS OF CRPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 5. MEMBRANE FILTRATION OF ENTERIC VIRUSES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 EFFECTIVE REMOVAL OF LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF ARSENIC AND LEAD AND THE MONITORING OF MOLECULAR REMOVAL MECHANISM AT THE SURFACE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUDING REMARK AND FUTURE PROSPECTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 7 DETOXIFICATION OF STEROIDAL HORMONES IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CONTAMINATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY OF STEROIDAL ESTROGENS -- 3. REMOVAL OF ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES OF STEROIDAL ESTROGENS BY LIGNINOLYTIC ENZYMES FROM WHITE ROT FUNGI -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 INFLUENCE OF MINERALIZED/MINED AREAS IN THE QUALITY OF WATERS DESTINED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRINKING WATER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CASE STUDY: ARSENIC MINE IN RIAÑO (LEÓN, SPAIN) -- CASE STUDY: COPPER MINE IN RIOSA (ASTURIAS, SPAIN) -- CASE STUDY: HG MINING DISTRICT IN CAUDAL RIVER CATCHMENT (ASTURIAS, SPAIN) -- CASE STUDY: GOLD MINE IN SALAS (ASTURIAS, SPAIN) -- FINAL COMMENTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 ELECTROCHEMICAL STRIPPING ANALYSIS IN WATER QUALITY CONTROL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PREPARATION OF WATER SAMPLES -- ELECTROCHEMICAL STRIPPING ANALYSIS -- STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY -- POTENTIOMETRIC STRIPPING ANALYSIS -- CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRIC STRIPPING ANALYSIS -- GLASSY CARBON AS AN ELECTRODE MATERIAL -- WATER ANALYSIS -- MULTIELEMENT ANALYSIS -- SPECIATION ANALYSIS -- SELENIUM DETERMINATION -- COPPER DETERMINATION -- MERCURY DETERMINATION -- ARSENIC DETERMINATION -- THALLIUM DETERMINATION -- BISMUTH DETERMINATION -- MANGANESE DETERMINATION -- SILVER DETERMINATION -- COBALT AND NICKEL DETERMINATION -- IRON DETERMINATION -- URANIUM DETERMINATION -- ALUMINIUM DETERMINATION -- DETERMINATION OF ANIONS -- CSA OF ARSENIC AND MERCURY IN WATER -- CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRIC STRIPPING DETERMINATION OF MERCURY USING A GLASSY CARBON -- PROCESS VESSEL AS A WORKING ELECTRODE -- CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRIC STRIPPING DETERMINATION OF ARSENIC USING GOLD FILM ELECTRODE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF 224RA, 226RA AND 228RA IN THE HYDROGEOCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: A REVIEW -- ABSTRACT.

INTRODUCTION -- THE HYDROGEOLOGIC SETTING -- RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY -- SHORT-LIVED GROSS ALPHA PARTICLE ACTIVITY -- 224RA, 226RA AND 228RA IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY DRINKING WATER -- PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS -- SOME MORE RECENT ACTIVITIES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 PUMPING TEST DATA ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DEEP AQUIFER IN THE LOWER DELTA FLOODPLAIN AT MADARIPUR, SOUTHERN BANGLADESH -- ABSTRACT -- NOTATION -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STUDY AREA -- 3. METHODS -- 3.1. Lithologic Borelogs -- 3.2. Installation of Pumping and Observation Wells -- 3.3. Aquifer Test Data Analytical Method -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4.1. Aquifer System at Madaripur Area -- 4.2. Monitoring of Groundwater Level -- 4.3. Recharge to Aquifers -- 4.4. Aquifer-Test Measurements and Data Analysis -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 THE INFLUENCE OF PH ON SORPTION/DESORPTION EQUILIBRIUM OF CD2+ AND PB2+ IN A BOTTOM SEDIMENT-WATER SYSTEM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Study Area, Sampling and Sample Preparation -- Sorption Experiments -- METAL DETERMINATIONS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Sorption Curves of Cadmium -- Sorption Curves of Lead -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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