Application of water safety planning to improve drinking water safety in an Arctic community – a case study in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar HealthWater safety planning is a risk management approach that accounts for quantitative and qualitative drinking water hazards and includes ongoing input from stakeholders.
Caroline Duncan +2 more
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Basic swimming or water safety skills training for drowning prevention in children: an updated systematic review [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundChild drownings constitute a major cause of mortality from unintentional injury worldwide. In 2021, the WHO issued a strong recommendation in favour of basic swimming skills and water safety training in children to prevent drowning.
Yana Criel +7 more
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Survey of ship platoon cooperative control
Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2023 The ship platoon will become an important form of water transport in the future. This paper analyzes the characteristics and control principle of ship platoon cooperative control, and analyzes the current situation and methods in the four aspects of ship-
Xiumin CHU +5 more
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Application of Nanotechnology in Analysis and Removal of Heavy Metals in Food and Water Resources
Nanomaterials, 2021 Toxic heavy metal contamination in food and water from environmental pollution is a significant public health issue. Heavy metals do not biodegrade easily yet can be enriched hundreds of times by biological magnification, where toxic substances move up ...
Zhaoyuan Gong +3 more
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Redefining the purpose, goals and methods of disinfection in contemporary water supply systems [PDF]
Archives of Environmental Protection, 2020 This paper presents a new concept of disinfection traditionally applied in water treatment systems. The new definition of this process results from the change in its functionality, aims and methods, which guarantee high quality of water supply.
Zbysław Dymaczewski +4 more
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Face and Content Validity of the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Water Competence in Young Children
Children, 2022 An international group of experts have developed a pictorial tool to measure perceived water competence for children aged from 5 to 8 years old: the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Water Competence (PSPWC).
Liliane De Sousa Morgado +7 more
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Risk perception from the consumption of untreated drinking water in a small island community
Journal of Water and Health, 2022 A small island community in Malaysia uses gravity-fed drinking water, and rejected water treatment by the authorities. This study was conducted to evaluate the community's risk perception towards their untreated water supply by interviewing one adult per
Nik Muhammad Nizam Nik Hassan +2 more
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Microbiological safety of water [PDF]
British Medical Bulletin, 2000 Significant advances in water treatment over the last century have resulted in massive improvements in the microbiological safety of public drinking water supplies in the UK and the developed countries. Incidences of illness due to poor treatment or post-treatment contamination are rare, but when they occur tend to attract considerable media attention.
D J, Dawson, D P, Sartory
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H2Open Journal, 2023 The provision of potable water is a global challenge. Infections caused by drinking contaminated water are a regular occurrence in developing countries.
Bukola Oyerinola Atobatele +1 more
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The Influence of Equipment and Environment on Children and Young Adults Learning Aquatic Skills
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Learning aquatic skills is an important component of developing physical literacy in children. Aquatic skills such as floating, swimming and safe entry/exit promote engagement in different water environments and may help preserve lives in an emergency ...
Tina van Duijn +6 more
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