Water Supply
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Monday, November 23, 2009

"Cholera forcing". The myth of the good epidemic and the coming of good water.

30 Oct 2009 It has been frequently claimed that cholera epidemics, both in the 19th century and today, were and can be the key stimulus for procurement of safe water and sanitation, an idea that I call "cholera forcing." "Technology forcing" refers to ... Read more...

Progress toward global eradication of dracunculiasis, January 2008-June 2009.

14 Oct 2009 Dracunculiasis is a parasitic infection caused by Dracunculus medinensis. Persons become infected by drinking water from stagnant sources (e.g., ponds) contaminated by copepods (water fleas) that contain immature forms of the parasite. In 1986, the ... Read more...

Perfluorooctane sulphonate and perfluorooctanoic acid in drinking and environmental waters.

11 Oct 2009 Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are chemicals that have been used for many years as surfactants in a variety of industrial and consumer products. Owing to their persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Water Supply'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• "Cholera forcing". The myth of the good epidemic and the coming of good water. 30 Oct 2009
• Governor James J. Florio a fighter for environmental issues. 30 Oct 2009
• Progress toward global eradication of dracunculiasis, January 2008-June 2009. 14 Oct 2009
• Perfluorooctane sulphonate and perfluorooctanoic acid in drinking and environmental waters. 11 Oct 2009
• Modern approaches to the analysis of disinfection by-products in drinking water. 11 Oct 2009
• The formation and control of emerging disinfection by-products of health concern. 11 Oct 2009
• The epidemiology and possible mechanisms of disinfection by-products in drinking water. 11 Oct 2009
• Fate and removal of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in conventional and membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment plants and by riverbank filtration. 11 Oct 2009
• Practical overview of analytical methods for endocrine-disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water and wastewater. 11 Oct 2009
• Possible freshwater resource consumption by the earliest directly dated European modern humans: Implications for direct radiometric dating. 3 Oct 2009
• [Infection control guidelines for the intensive care unit] 30 Sep 2009
• [Toxicological and drinking water hygienic assessment of relevant and nonrelevant metabolites from pesticides in ground and drinking water] 29 Sep 2009
• Association of lifetime cadmium intake or drinking Jinzu River water with the occurrence of renal tubular dysfunction. 29 Sep 2009
• Institutional challenges for mining and sustainability in Peru. 23 Sep 2009
• What's wrong with UNESCO. 22 Sep 2009
• PFOS and PFOA in environmental and tap water in China. 20 Sep 2009
• Impact of drainage networks on cholera outbreaks in Lusaka, Zambia. 15 Sep 2009
• The Sonoma water evaluation trial: a randomized drinking water intervention trial to reduce gastrointestinal illness in older adults. 15 Sep 2009
• Water, conflict, and hope. 15 Sep 2009
• Viability of commercially available bleach for water treatment in developing countries. 15 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Water Supply'

Definition: Source, means, or process of supplying water (as for a community) usually including reservoirs, tunnels, and pipelines and often the watershed from which the water is ultimately drawn. (Webster, 3d ed)

Descriptor UI: D014881

Alternative terms: Water Supply; Supplies, Water; Supply, Water; Water Supplies;

Related Mesh Headings: Water Purification;

Allowable Qualifiers: analysis; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N06.850.860.510.915;

Technical Notes: do not use WATER SUPPLY with regard to FLUORIDATION: assume to be of the water supply