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GUIDELINES FOR DRINKING-WATER QUALITY VOLUME 2: HEALTH CRITERIA AND OTHER SUPPORTING INFORMATION

Published by World Health Organization. 1992

Very good condition. This book is intended for use by countries as a basis for the development of standards which, if properly implemented, will ensure the safety of drinking-water supplies. Blue cardwraps. ix and 335 pages including index.

Reprint. Covers marked and lightly creased. Front joint starting to split (binding glue dry) but binding still tight. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

ISBN: 9241541695
Stock no. 1810900

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Contents

  • PART I. MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
  • 1. The bacteriological quality of drinking water
  • 2. The virological quality of drinking water
  • PART II. BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
  • 1. Protozoa
  • 2. Helminths
  • 3. Free-living organisms
  • PART III. HEALTH-RELATED INORGANIC CONSTITUENTS
  • 1. Arsenic
  • 2. Asbestos
  • 3. Barium
  • 4. Beryllium
  • 5. Cadmium
  • 6. Chromium
  • 7. Cyanide
  • 8. Fluoride
  • 9. Hardness
  • 10. Lead
  • 11. Mercury
  • 12. Nickel
  • 13. Nitrate and nitrite
  • 14. Selenium
  • 15. Silver
  • 16. Sodium
  • PART IV. HEALTH-RELATED ORGANIC CONSITUENTS
  • 1. Chlorinated alkanes
  • 2. Chorinated ethenes
  • 3. Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
  • 4. Pesticides
  • 5. Chlorobenzenes
  • 6. Benzene and lower alkyl benzenes
  • 7. Phenol and chlorophenols
  • 8. Trihalomethanes
  • PART V. AESTHETIC CONSTITUENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS
  • 1. Aluminium
  • 2. Chloride
  • 3. Colour
  • 4. Copper
  • 5. Hardness
  • 6. Hydrogen sulfide
  • 7. Iron
  • 8. Manganese
  • 9. Oxygen, dissolved
  • 10. pH level
  • 11. Sodium
  • 12. Sulfate
  • 13. Taste and odour
  • 14. Temperature
  • 15. Total dissolved solids
  • 16. Turbidity
  • 17. Zinc
  • PART VI. RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Basic considerations
  • 3. Sources of radiation exposure
  • 4. Guideline value for gross alpha and gross beta activity
  • 5. Radon

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