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A quantitative analysis of cold water for human consumption in hospitals in Spain [PDF]

Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2016
An estimation of the water used for human consumption in hospitals is essential to determine possible savings and to fix criteria to improve the design of new water consumption models.The present work reports on cold water for human consumption (CWHC) in
García-Sanz-Calcedo, J., González, A. G., Mena Nieto, Ángel Isidro, Salgado, D. R.   +3 more
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Human water consumption intensifies hydrological drought worldwide

Environmental Research Letters, 2013
Over the past 50 years, human water use has more than doubled and affected streamflow over various regions of the world. However, it remains unclear to what degree human water consumption intensifies hydrological drought (the occurrence of anomalously ...
Yoshihide Wada, Ludovicus P H van Beek, Niko Wanders, Marc F P Bierkens   +3 more
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Biological Denitrification of Water Intended for Human Consumption

Modelling in Civil Environmental Engineering, 2021
Nitrate is the most common form of nitrogen in water. The presence of nitrates in drinking water can harm human health, this is why the maximum concentration of nitrates in potable water is imposed by law.
Matei Alexandru, Racoviţeanu Gabriel, Vulpaşu Elena   +2 more
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Exploiting Smart Meter Water Consumption Measurements for Human Activity Event Recognition

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, 2023
Human activity event recognition (HAER) within a residence is a topic of significant interest in the field of ambient assisted living (AAL). Commonly, various sensors are installed within a residence to enable the monitoring of people. This work presents
Sebastian Wilhelm, Jakob Kasbauer, Dietmar Jakob, Benedikt Elser, Diane Ahrens   +4 more
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Water quality and phenotypic antimicrobial resistance in isolated of E. coli from water for human consumption in Bagua, under One Health approach [PDF]

Heliyon
The One Health approach acknowledges the interconnection between human health, animal health, and environmental health, recognizing that these domains are closely intertwined, as many diseases affecting humans are also common in animals.
Pompeyo Ferro, Eli Morales, Euclides Ticona, Polan Ferró-Gonzales, Anderson Oblitas, Ana Lucia Ferró-Gonzáles   +5 more
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Human Mobility Prediction With Region-Based Flows and Water Consumption [PDF]

IEEE Access, 2021
[EN] We are witnessing an increasing need to accurately measure people's mobility as it has become an instrumental factor for the development of innovative services in multiple domains. In this context, several ICT solutions have relied on location-based technologies such as GPS, WiFi or Bluetooth to track individual's movements.
Fernando Terroso-Sáenz, Andres Munoz, Julio Fernández-Pedauye   +2 more
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Potentially toxic metals and metalloids in surface water intended for human consumption and other uses in the Mantaro River watershed, Peru

Soil and Water Research, 2020
The concentration of Cu, Fe, Pb, Zn and As in the surface water intended for human consumption and other uses in the Mantaro River basin were analysed using multivariate methods.
María Custodio, Daniel Álvarez, Walter Cuadrado, Raúl Montalvo, Salomé Ochoa   +4 more
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History and Development of Water Treatment for Human Consumption

Hygiene
Throughout history, humans have sought to drink water that is good for their health, according to the knowledge of the time. Hippocrates’ definition of water quality, “good water should be clear, light, aerated, without any perceptible odor or taste ...
Philippe Hartemann, Antoine Montiel
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Potential presence of trihalomethanes in water intended for human consumption

Journal of Biological Research, 2011
Since the 1970s it is well known that, though water for human consumption must generally be disinfected before being distributed along the network, the use of chemicals results in the formation of many different Disinfeection By-Products (DBPs).
C. Lasagna, E. Raffo, D. Foppiano
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Assessment of water quality for human consumption in the municipality of Manicoré-am

Scientific Reports
The assessment of water quality for human consumption is of utmost importance due to the crucial role water plays in public health. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of water for human consumption in the municipality of ...
Eliezer Lucio Fernandes Lima, Marcelo Dayron Rodrigues Soares, Cleiton Ribeiro Maciel, Maria Alice Gomes Simão, Luan Vinicius Mar Cavalcante, Harumy Sales Noguchi, Francikelle Rodrigues do Nascimento   +6 more
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