Small Water Supplies: A Practical Guide (Clay's Library of Health and the Environment)

Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgements......Page 17
1 Introduction......Page 20
2 Small water supplies......Page 31
3 Physical properties of water......Page 61
4 Risk assessment......Page 72
5 Water and health......Page 96
6 Waterborne diseases......Page 118
7 Viral diseases......Page 120
8 Disease causing bacteria......Page 126
9 Environmental or adventitious bacteria......Page 148
10 Protozoa......Page 151
11 Helminth infestation......Page 165
12 Water related diseases......Page 167
13 Water contact diseases and cyanobacteria......Page 172
14 Chemical contamination......Page 180
15 Inorganic contaminants......Page 182
16 Organic contaminants......Page 210
17 Radioactive contamination......Page 229
18 Treatment options......Page 236
19 Action to improve supplies......Page 263
20 UK governmental control......Page 295
21 USA......Page 297
References......Page 309
Index......Page 328