The Environmental Science of Drinking Water

Author： Sullivan   Patrick;Agardy   Franklin J.;Clark   James J. J.  

Publisher： Elsevier Science‎

Publication year： 2005

E-ISBN: 9780080457727

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780750678766

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780750678766

Subject： X7 Processing and Comprehensive Utilization of Waste;X703 Wastewater treatment and reuse

Language： ENG

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Description

In today’s chemically dependent society, environmental studies demonstrate that drinking water in developed countries contains numerous industrial chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and chemicals from water treatment processes. This poses a real threat. As a result of the ever-expanding list of chemical and biochemical products industry, current drinking water standards that serve to preserve our drinking water quality are grossly out of date.

Environmental Science of Drinking Water demonstrates why we need to make a fundamental change in our approach toward protecting our drinking water. Factual and circumstantial evidence showing the failure of current drinking water standards to adequately protect human health is presented along with analysis of the extent of pollution in our water resources and drinking water. The authors also present detail of the currently available state-of-the-art technologies which, if fully employed, can move us toward a healthier future.

* Addresses the international problems of outdated standards and the overwhelming onslaught of new contaminants.
* Includes new monitoring data on non-regulated chemicals in water sources and drinking water.
* Includes a summary of different bottled waters as well as consumer water purification technologies.

Chapter

front cover

pp.：  1 – 5

copyright

pp.：  5 – 6

table of contents

pp.：  6 – 10

front matter

pp.：  10 – 10

Foreword

pp.：  10 – 12

Preface

pp.：  12 – 14

Acknowledgments

pp.：  14 – 16

1 The Water We Drink

pp.：  16 – 44

body

pp.：  16 – 16

2 Water Pollution

pp.：  44 – 104

3 Water Protection

pp.：  104 – 158

4 Living with the Risk of Polluted Water

pp.：  158 – 212

5 Managing Risk and Drinking Water Quality

pp.：  212 – 246

Appendix 1-1 Average Elemental Abundance in the Earth's Crust

pp.：  246 – 248

back matter

pp.：  246 – 246

Appendix 1-2 Chemical Compounds with Established Water Quality Criteria - 1952

pp.：  248 – 252

Appendix 1-3 USEPA National Recommended Water Quality Criteria for Freshwater and Human Consumption of Water + Organism: 2002

pp.：  252 – 256

Appendix 2-1 Dow Industrial Chemicals, Solvents and Dyes in 1938

pp.：  256 – 258

Appendix 2-2 USEPA List of Priority Pollutants

pp.：  258 – 262

Appendix 2-3 Summary of Surface Water Data

pp.：  262 – 264

Appendix 2-4 Summary of Shallow Groundwater Data

pp.：  264 – 266

Appendix 2-5 Organic Chemicals Found in Landfill Leachate and Gas

pp.：  266 – 270

Appendix 2-6 Unregulated Pollutants Discharged to or Identified in Water Resources

pp.：  270 – 272

Appendix 2-7 Chemicals Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity (April 20, 2001)

pp.：  272 – 282

Appendix 2-8 Regulated Pesticides in Food with Residue Tolerances

pp.：  282 – 290

Appendix 2-9 Comparison of Chemicals Required to Be Monitored in Groundwater

pp.：  290 – 296

Appendix 3-1 General Drinking Water Monitoring and Warning Requirements (as of 2002)

pp.：  296 – 300

Appendix 3-2 National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Database Data on Primary Water Quality Standards (May 18, 2001)

pp.：  300 – 308

Appendix 3-3 National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Database: Data on Unregulated Compounds

pp.：  308 – 312

Appendix 3-4 Examples of Bottled Mineral Water Chemistry

pp.：  312 – 330

Appendix 3-5 Examples of Bottled Water Chemistry

pp.：  330 – 352

Appendix 3-6 Trace Element Analysis of Mineral Waters (ppb) that Appear in Either Appendix 3-4 or Appendix 3-5

pp.：  352 – 354

Appendix 4-1 Glossary of Terms Adapted from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) (1993)

pp.：  354 – 358

Appendix 4-2 Chemical Examples on the Toxicology of Drinking Water Standards

pp.：  358 – 368

Appendix 4-3 Suspected Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals

pp.：  368 – 372

Appendix 4-4 U.S. Geological Survey Target Compounds, National Reconnaissance of Emerging Contaminants in U. S. Streams (2000)

pp.：  372 – 376

Glossary

pp.：  376 – 380

index

pp.：  380 – 384

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