The environmental science of drinking water /
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| Author / Creator: | Sullivan, Patrick J. (Soil chemist) |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Burlington, MA : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, c2005. |
| Description: | xiii, 368 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5922248 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Water We Drink
- Natural Water
- Water and the Public Health
- References
- 2. Water Pollution
- Human Waste and Pollution
- Industrial Pollution
- Wastewater Control and Treatment
- Nonpoint Sources of Water Pollution
- Pollution Sources and Water Quality
- Summary
- References
- 3. Water Protection
- The Basics of Water Supply
- Basic Water Treatment
- Beyond Basic Water Treatment
- An Issue of Equality
- Chemical Monitoring and Warnings for Regulated Pollutants
- The National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Database
- Unregulated Pollutants and Monitoring Regulations
- Setting New Drinking Water Standards
- Why Consumers Should Be Concerned
- Approaches to Mitigate Chemical Exposure
- Water Pollution and Risk
- References
- 4. Living with the Risk of Polluted Water
- The Burden of Proof
- Permissible Pollution
- The Dose Makes the Poison
- Basic Concepts of Dose
- Mechanism of Toxicity
- Biotransformation and Detoxification
- Toxicity and Defining Standards
- Timing Is Everything
- Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
- Pharmaceutical Pollutants
- Pharmaceuticals Detected in the Environment
- Living with Risk
- Population, Pollution, Risk, and Precaution
- The Risk Assessment Process
- Summary
- References
- 5. Managing Risk and Drinking Water Quality
- Learning from the Past and Present
- Risk and Economics
- An Alternative Approach
- Consumer-Based Protection
- Potential Action by the Water Industry
- Potential Governmental Actions
- An Alternative Risk Management Program
- References
- Appendix 1-1. Average Elemental Abundance in the Earth's Crust
- Appendix 1-2. Chemical Compounds with Established Water Quality Criteria-1952
- Appendix 1-3. USEPA National Recommended Water Quality Criteria for Freshwater and Human Consumption of Water + Organism: 2002
- Appendix 2-1. Dow Industrial Chemicals, Solvents and Dyes in 1938
- Appendix 2-2. USEPA List of Priority Pollutants
- Appendix 2-4. Summary of Shallow Groundwater Data
- Appendix 2-5. Organic Chemicals Found in Landfill Leachate and Gas
- Appendix 2-6. Unregulated Pollutants Discharged to or Identified in Water Resources
- Appendix 2-7. Chemicals Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity
- Appendix 2-8. Regulated Pesticides in Food with Residue Tolerances
- Appendix 2-9. Comparison of Chemicals Required to be Monitored in Groundwater by RCRA
- Appendix 3-1. General Drinking Water Monitoring and Warning Requirements (as of 2002)
- Appendix 3-2. National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Database Data on Primary Water Quality Standards (May 18, 2001)
- Appendix 3-3. National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Database: Data on Unregulated Compounds
- Appendix 3-4. Examples of Bottled Mineral Water Chemistry
- Appendix 3-5. Examples of Bottled Water Chemistry
- Appendix 3-6. Trace Element Analysis of Mineral Waters (ppb) That Appear in Either Appendix 3-4 or Appendix 3-5
- Appendix 4-1. Glossary of Terms Adapted from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) (1993)
- Appendix 4-2. Chemical Examples on the Toxicology of Drinking Water Standards
- Appendix 4-3. Suspected Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
- Appendix 4-4. U.S. Geological Survey Target Compounds, National Reconnaissance of Emerging Contaminants in U.S. Streams (2000)
- Glossary
- Index
