The production of public supply drinking water from Rutland Water at the wing treatment works

Hydrobiologia ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 88 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 103-116
Author(s):  
D. B. Ford ◽  
B. E. Drage ◽  
T. J. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Public Supply ◽  
Rutland Water

How swachh (clean) is urban India today?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhitush Lutra ◽  
◽  
Deepa Karthykeyan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Negative Externalities ◽  
Public Supply ◽  
Urban India ◽  
Sachet Water

Where public supply has failed and made unsatisfactory progress in supplying drinking water, the private sector has readily stepped in to supply citizens with drinking water – most often to make big money. Much of the water bottling industry (i) provides a highly inelastic good, (ii) is immensely profitable and (iii) has significant negative externalities on public utilities, the natural environment and the quality of life in urban settings. The wide-spread introduction of a tax on the commercial water extraction and/or bottled or sachet water is ripe. The new mantra must not be “3Rs”, but “4Rs” – reduce, reuse, remunerate, recycle.

scholarly journals EL RODADERO (SANTA MARTA), CENTRO TURÍSTICO O COLONIA DE VACACIONES

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Günter Mertins
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Economic Study ◽  
Sand Beach ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Supply ◽  
National Importance ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
June July

The El Rodadero, 5-6 km southwest of Santa Marta, was a lonely sand beach up to 1960 with dispersed fishing huts. From 1965 it developed more and more to the seasonally prefered bathing place of Colombia on the Caribbean Sea. Both, the Colombian press and the public opinion regard the Rodadero as "centro turístico de Colombia" or "la perla del Caribe"; it is compared with the international luxury beach towns in the circum-caribbean region (Acapulco, Miami etc.). - As there exist however strict arguments against this statement, a socio-economic study was carried out about he Rodadero in 1969/70. As a result the following characterization is possible: a constructionally unorganic, periodically frequented bathing-(vacation~)place (max. 3 months/ year: middle of December up to the end of January, the Easter week, 4 to 5 weeks in June/July according to the main school holidays) of national importance as well as of a certain value to the weekend holidays-traffic coming from the region of Barranquilla. Apartment houses with vacation flats belonging to rich Colombians are clearly dominating compared with hotels, motels etc. On the whole the infrastructure is not sufficient, especially the public supply (drinking-water, sewage, electricity etc.).

Drinking-Water-Induced Copper Intoxication in a Vermont Family

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1103-1106
Author(s):  
Kenneth C. Spitalny ◽  
Jack Brondum ◽  
Richard L. Vogt ◽  
Harold E. Sargent ◽  
Steven Kappel
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Hair Analysis ◽  
Early Morning ◽  
Gastrointestinal Illness ◽  
Copper Level ◽  
Normal Range ◽  
Family Household ◽  
Public Supply ◽  
The Family ◽  
Copper Intoxication

Three of four family members reported recurrent episodes of gastrointestinal illness while residing in a house in a small northwestern Vermont village. The father and two daughters repeatedly experienced episodes of emesis and abdominal pain after drinking water drawn from their kitchen faucet. One early-morning water sample taken from the family household contained a copper level of 7.8 mg/L, which is above the standard for drinking water (1.0 mg/L). Values for the second daughter's copper in hair analysis (1,200 µ/g) and copper in nail analysis (100 µ/g) were elevated (normal range 11 to 53 µ/g). The household was at the end of a ¾-in (19.05-mm) copper main, and it is suspected that copper levels increased in water when the water remained stagnant in the main. All symptoms of the family resolved when they stopped drinking water in their home. This is the first report of copper-induced gastrointestinal illness attributable to a public supply of drinking water.

Windows opportunity for water and plastic management? The case for taxing bottled water

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Fischer ◽  
Godfred Amankwaa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Negative Externalities ◽  
Public Supply ◽  
Sachet Water

Where public supply has failed and made unsatisfactory progress in supplying drinking water, the private sector has readily stepped in to supply citizens with drinking water – most often to make big money. Much of the water bottling industry (i) provides a highly inelastic good, (ii) is immensely profitable and (iii) has significant negative externalities on public utilities, the natural environment and the quality of life in urban settings. The wide-spread introduction of a tax on the commercial water extraction and/or bottled or sachet water is ripe. The new mantra must not be “3Rs”, but “4Rs” – reduce, reuse, remunerate, recycle

scholarly journals Analysis of the feasibility of the use of rainwater: A case study for standard school infrastructures

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (70) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karmem Julya Miron Batista ◽  
Allan Jayson Nunes de Melo ◽  
Maria Carolina Duarte Marques Soares ◽  
Simone Rosa Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Return Time ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Supply ◽  
Drinking Purposes

With the growth in water demand worldwide, cities are experiencing increasing difficulties to guarantee the public supply of drinking water. Therefore, the search for alternatives that replace the available sources needs to be disseminated. An alternative to reduce the demand for drinking water is to use the Rainwater harvesting system. This work analyzes the feasibility of implementing a system for capturing, storing, and distributing rainwater for non-drinking purposes in three standard projects of the National Fund for the Development of Education in three locations in the state of Pernambuco: Recife, Caruaru, and Petrolina. To achieve this objective, local rainfall data, the catchment area used and the demand for non-drinking water in the building were analyzed. Then, sizing calculations of the storage reservoir were performed by different methods. The time for return on investment was considered satisfactory for all types located in Recife and for the 1-room type in Caruaru and Petrolina, considering the benefit from the system in the long term. Therefore, the typologies of 6 and 12 rooms in Caruaru and Petrolina were excluded since they had a return time of more than 24 years. The advantages are not only financial, but also environmental, cultural, and educational.

Habitat Association of Klebsiella Species

1985 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan T. Bagley
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Opportunistic Pathogen ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Habitat Association ◽  
Klebsiella Species ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Polluted Waters

AbstractThe genus Klebsiella is seemingly ubiquitous in terms of its habitat associations. Klebsiella is a common opportunistic pathogen for humans and other animals, as well as being resident or transient flora (particularly in the gastrointestinal tract). Other habitats include sewage, drinking water, soils, surface waters, industrial effluents, and vegetation. Until recently, almost all these Klebsiella have been identified as one species, ie, K. pneumoniae. However, phenotypic and genotypic studies have shown that “K. pneumoniae” actually consists of at least four species, all with distinct characteristics and habitats. General habitat associations of Klebsiella species are as follows: K. pneumoniae—humans, animals, sewage, and polluted waters and soils; K. oxytoca—frequent association with most habitats; K. terrigena— unpolluted surface waters and soils, drinking water, and vegetation; K. planticola—sewage, polluted surface waters, soils, and vegetation; and K. ozaenae/K. rhinoscleromatis—infrequently detected (primarily with humans).

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