Drinking water and health . Volume 4 / [[electronic resource] /] / Safe Drinking Water Committee, Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards, Assembly of Life Sciences, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1982
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Drinking water - Contamination; Drinking water - Health aspects - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Drinking Water and Health; Copyright; Preface; Contents; I Executive Summary ; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; Chemical Effects and Water Quality; Corrosion; Leaching; Deposits; Water Treatment Chemicals; Pipes and Linings; Biological Effects and Water Quality; Implications For Human Health; TOXICITY OF SELECTED CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS IN DRINKING WATER; II Elements of Public Water Supplies ; SOURCE; RAW WATER QUALITY AND TREATMENT; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; APPROACH TO THE STUDY; REFERENCES; III Chemical Quality of Water in the Distribution System ; CHEMICAL WATER QUALITY INDEXES; Langelier Index ; Aggressiveness IndexSaturation Index; CORROSION; The Corrosion Process; Biologically Mediated Corrosion; The Effect of Water Quality on Corrosion; Corrosion Inhibitors; Pips and Linings; Monitoring and Evaluating Corrosion and Its Control; Field Studies of Metallic Corrosion in Distribution Systems; Summary and Conclusions; LEACHING; Asbestos-Cement Pipe; Use of Asbestos-Cement Pipe; Composition of A/C Pipe; Effect of Water Quality on Pipe Performance; Laboratory Tests; Field Tests; Control of A/C Pipe Deterioration; Summary and Conclusions; Plastic Pipe; Use of Plastic Pipe ; Composition of Plastic PipePlastic Pipe and Water Quality; Laboratory Tests; Field Tests; Control Measures; Summary and Conclusions; Lining Materials; Coal Tar; Asphalt; Other Materials; Release of Lining Materials into Distribution System; Laboratory Tests; Field Tests; Summary and Conclusions; Deposits and Their Effects; Approaches to Iron and Manganese Control; Stabilizing Agents; Summary and Conclusions; Reactions Involving Water Treatment Chemicals in the Distribution System; Summary And Conclusions; REFERENCES; IV Biological Quality of Water in the Distribution System ; BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMSBiofilms; Biofilm Formation; Properties and Composition; Physical Properties; Chemical Properties; Biological Properties; Effect of Biofilms on Fluid Frictional Resistance; Dispersed Growth; SOURCES OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL; Raw Water; Reservoir; Pipe Network; Construction and Repair; Cross-Connections; CONTROL OF BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION; Transport of Chlorine; Water Phase; Biofilm; Dispersed Growth; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; V Health Implications of Distribution System Deficiencies ; DEFINITIONS; ORIGINS OF WATERBORNE DISEASES ; INTERPRETATION OF DATAOUTBREAKS; Sewickley, Pennsylvania; Suffolk County, New York; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Los Lunas, New Mexico; Pierce County, Washington; HEALTH EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; VI Toxicity of Selected Inorganic Contaminants in Drinking Water ; SELECTION OF CONTAMINANTS; ACUTE AND CHRONIC EXPOSURE; Aluminum (Al); Metabolism; Health Aspects; Observations in Humans; Observations in Other Species; Conclusions and Recommendations; Suggested No-Adverse-Response Level (SNARL); Arsenic (As) ; Barium (Ba)
• Titolo autorizzato: Drinking water and health
• ISBN: 1-280-24612-X; 9786610246120; 0-309-55424-1; 0-585-08212-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455807503321
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