Watershed 89
The Future for Water Quality in Europe
Published on 6. June 2016
128 pages
978-1-4831-6581-3 (ISBN)
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Watershed 89
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- 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
- 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
