Keywords:
Water quality management--Europe--Congresses.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (128 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781483165813
Series Statement:
Watershed 89 Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4585216
DDC:
363.7
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Watershed 89: The Future for Water Quality in Europe -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- WATERSHED 89-THE FUTURE FOR WATER QUALITY IN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 1. WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES IN EUROPE: THE WHO/EURO PERSPECTIVE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INITIAL ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE PROBLEMS -- INITIAL ANALYSIS OF QUALITATIVE PROBLEMS -- PROGRESS ACHIEVED -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 2. COMMUNITY WATER QUALITY POLICY FOR THE NINETIES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- COMMUNITY ACTION -- EXISTING COMMUNITY DIRECTIVES -- OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTION -- PROBLEMS OF COMMUNITY ACTION -- THE FUTURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- CHAPTER 3. ACIDIFICATION AND ALUMINIUM-CONTAMINATION OF DRINKING WATER -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- ALUMINIUM AND ACIDIFICATION -- ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF ALUMINIUM -- ALUMINIUM AND HEALTH -- ALUMINIUM, DRINKING WATER AND HEALTH -- IS ALUMINIUM IN DRINKING WATER A HEALTH PROBLEM AND WHAT CAN BE DONE? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. NITRATES AND DRINKING WATER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NITRATES AND THE NITROGEN CYCLE -- THE ORIGIN OF NITRATES -- THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF NITRATES IN WATER -- NITRATES AND HEALTH -- REDUCTION OF NITRATE CONTENT OF DRINKING WATER -- TREATMENTS USED TO ELIMINATE NITRATES FROM DRINKING WATER -- THE FUTURE -- CHAPTER 5. ORGANICS IN GROUNDWATER -- SUMMARY -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- PERSISTENCE AND MOBILITY -- CONCENTRATIONS OBSERVED -- THEORY VERSUS PRACTICE -- IMPACT ASSESSMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. ACCIDENTS AND SURFACE WATER: THE CASE OF PORTUGAL WITH EMPHASIS ON THE TEJO HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- POLLUTION ACCIDENTS -- APPROACH TO THE POLLUTION INCIDENT PROBLEM -- WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN PORTUGAL -- INSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL -- REFERENCES.
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CHAPTER 7. QUALITY OF RECREATIONAL WATERS: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVES -- TECHNICAL PROGRESS -- QUALITY STANDARDS AND CRITERIA -- NATIONAL LEGISLATION -- BATHING WATERS PROMOTION PROGRAMMES -- CURRENT PUBLIC OPINION -- SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COLLABORATION -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8. METAL RELEASES FROM TOXIC WASTES AND THEIR IMPACT ON GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATERS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- CRITICAL PATHWAYS AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF METALS -- METAL POLLUTION IN SURFACE WATERS AND TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS -- ASSESSMENT AND PROGNOSIS OF LONG-TERM IMPACT OF METALS -- METAL POLLTION FROM TOXIC WASTES- SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9. WATER, MICROBES AND MAN-A HUNDRED YEARS ON -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- DRINKING WATER -- RECREATION AND AMENITY -- GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ORGANISMS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10. TOXICOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PESITICIDES IN NATURAL WATERS -- ABSTRACT -- KEYWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL DATA -- HUMAN DATA -- MECHANISMS OF TOXICITY AND RISK ASSESSMENT -- RISK PERCEPTION BY THE PUBLIC -- A MULTIFACTORIAL APPROACH IN RISK MANAGEMENT -- CONCLUSIONS -- AKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES.
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