Drinking Water Treatment, Organic and Mineral Micropollutants

Reeks: Drinking Water Treatment

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  • Today,
  • hundreds
  • of
  • millions
  • of
  • people
  • drink
  • contaminated
  • water
  • without
  • knowing
  • it.
  • Yet
  • water
  • treatment
  • technologies
  • can
  • effectively
  • eliminate
  • contamination
  • and
  • can
  • supply
  • urban
  • and
  • rural
  • populations
  • with
  • safe
  • drinking
  • water
  • in
  • a
  • secure
  • way.For
  • almost
  • two
  • centuries,
  • the
  • huge
  • number
  • of
  • treatments
  • available
  • to
  • guarantee
  • water
  • quality
  • has
  • grown
  • alongside
  • technological
  • progress,
  • the
  • strengthening
  • of
  • industry
  • norms
  • and
  • the
  • reinforcement
  • of
  • consumer
  • expectations.
  • New
  • treatment
  • methods
  • have
  • been
  • developed
  • according
  • to
  • the
  • advancement
  • of
  • knowledge
  • and
  • new
  • sanitary
  • regulations.This
  • five-volume
  • book
  • sets
  • out
  • to
  • clearly
  • present
  • the
  • variety
  • of
  • treatments
  • available
  • along
  • with
  • their
  • performance,
  • limitations
  • and
  • conditions
  • of
  • use
  • as
  • well
  • as
  • ways
  • to
  • combine
  • them
  • to
  • produce
  • safe
  • drinking
  • water,
  • which
  • is
  • a
  • basic
  • need
  • essential
  • to
  • everyday
  • life.The
  • author
  • shares
  • his
  • expertise
  • acquired
  • at
  • Veolia,
  • a
  • company
  • that
  • is
  • a
  • world
  • leader
  • in
  • water
  • services
  • and
  • sanitation,
  • desalination
  • of
  • sea
  • water
  • and
  • the
  • recycling
  • of
  • wastewater.
  • Founded
  • in
  • France
  • in
  • 1853
  • to
  • bring
  • safe
  • water
  • to
  • populations
  • and
  • to
  • protect
  • them
  • from
  • waterborne
  • epidemics
  • which
  • ravaged
  • cities,
  • its
  • history
  • is
  • intertwined
  • with
  • that
  • of
  • water treatment.
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