Drinking Water Quality and Contaminants Guidebook

Summary

This book compiles the essential information on the principal chemical, microbial, and radionuclide characteristics of water contaminants. It provides authoritative information, however, the content is presented in terms that would be understandable to non-experts as well as to professionals. It includes data on traditional and regulated contaminants as well as chemicals of emerging concern, as well as algal toxins and PFOS/PFOA. Each contaminant dossier includes the physical and chemical properties, toxicity, analytical methodology, water treatment technology, US, EU, and other regulatory guidance, including the World Health Organization, Australian, and Canadian guidelines.

Table of Contents

Contaminants. 1,4-Dioxane. Algal Toxins. Alpha Emitters. Arsenic. Atrazine. Atrazine and Metabolites. Benzene. Beryllium. Bromate. Bromine and Bromine Disinfection. Cadmium. Calcium. Chloramines. Chlorate. Chromium VI. Coliforms. Copper. Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Drinking Water. Disinfectants. Disinfection By-Products. Drinking Water Aesthetics. E. coli and other Fecal Bacteria in Drinking Water. EPA’s Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR4). Fluoridation. Formaldehyde. Fracking. Glyphosate. Hormones. Iodine, Iodide and Iodate. Iron. Lead. Legionella. Medical Wastes. Mercury. Naegleria fowleri. Nitrosamines. No end in sight for fluoridation debate. Perchlorate. Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products. Phosphates. Plastic Microbeads in Water. Protozoan Cysts. Radionuclides. Silica and Silicates. Silver and Metals in Water Disinfection. Sodium. Strontium. Strontium Revisited: EPA Delays Regulatory Decision. Styrene. Sugar and Sugar Substitutes. Swimming Pool Water Treatment. Tannins. Trihalomethanes. Turbidity. Viruses in Drinking Water. Water Reuse in Food and Beverage production ILSI Guidelines. Water Technology and Issues. Activated Carbon. Algal Toxins in Drinking Water. Boil Water Notices. Bottled Drinking Water. BPA in Drinking Water. Chloramines in Water. Chlorination of Drinking Water. Commercial and Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment. Consumers’ Perceptions of Drinking Water. Corrosive Water and Lead in Flint’s Drinking Water. Daily Drinking Water Requirements and Actual Water Intake. Desalination. Direct Potable Reuse. Distribution Systems Hazards. Foodborne and Waterborne Disease. Hard Water. Heterotrophic Bacteria in Water and POU/POE Devices. Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Water Treatment Technologies. Industrial Wastewater Treatment Technology: Overview. Introduction to the Clean Water Act. Is Home Water Treatment Really Necessary and Beneficial? Lead Product Standards and Regulations. Legionella. Legionellosis. Low cost water test kits. New Dietary Guidelines for Good Health. Nitrate/nitrite. Perchlorate. Pesticides in Drinking Water. PFOA and PFOS. POU and POE as Compliance Technologies for Public Water Systems. Recycled Wastewater Reuse and Potable Drinking Water. Salinity in Drinking Water. Silver in Drinking Water POU Devices. Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC). USEPA’s Proposed Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List #4. Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs). Wastewater Treatment. Water from Air. Water Treatment Technology in the Beverage Industry. Water, Water Everywhere, but…. Waterborne Disease Risks: Legionellosis.

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