GUIDELINES FOR DRINKING-WATER QUALITY VOLUME 2: HEALTH CRITERIA AND OTHER SUPPORTING INFORMATION
Published by World Health Organization
in 1984
ISBN: 9241541695
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- HEALTH
- WATER
GUIDELINES FOR DRINKING-WATER QUALITY VOLUME 2: HEALTH CRITERIA AND OTHER SUPPORTING INFORMATION
Stock no. 1810900
1992.
Softcover.
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. ISBN: 9241541695. 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.
Front cover
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