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Water safety plan implementation in East Africa: Motivations and barriers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Water safety plans (WSPs) are a comprehensive source-to-tap risk management approach that are recognized as the most effective way of ensuring drinking water safety.
Parker, Alison, Summerill, Corinna
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Engineering hydrology technologies to reduce threats from ice phenomena

open access: yesMagazine of Civil Engineering, 2023
Introduction. The floods caused by ice phenomena are among the "three leaders" of dangerous hydrological phenomena that damage the economy and the environment in Russia. Methods. The methodological basis of the study was: passive experiment, analysis and
Kozlov Dmitry, Dzhumagulova Nazira
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Distribution characteristics of organic carbon (nitrogen) content, cation exchange capacity, and specific surface area in different soil particle sizes

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Understanding the distribution of soil organic carbon and nitrogen (OC(N)) content, cation exchange capacity (CEC), and specific surface area (SSA) in different soil particle sizes is crucial for studying soil fertility and properties.
Xiaoqian Bi   +8 more
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Quantification and health risk assessment of nitrate in southern districts of Tehran, Iran

open access: yesWater Reuse, 2022
Nitrate is a common contaminant of drinking water. Due to its adverse health effects, this study aimed to determine nitrate levels in six southern districts of Tehran. A total of 148 samples were taken from tap waters. In 84.46% (n = 125) of the samples,
Safa Kalteh   +6 more
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Hazard and risk assessment for indirect potable reuse schemes: An approach for use in developing Water Safety Plans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Water Research. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and ...
Dominguez-Chicas, A   +3 more
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Extrapolation of regionalization equations for long-term average flow [PDF]

open access: yesEngenharia Agrícola, 2016
Knowledge about long-term average flow is essential for planning and managing water resources because it represents the potential water availability. One technique used to determine streamflow is regionalization, but because most gauge stations normally ...
Fernando F. Pruski   +4 more
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Lab-on-a-Chip Pathogen Sensors for Food Safety

open access: yesSensors, 2012
There have been a number of cases of foodborne illness among humans that are caused by pathogens such as <em>Escherichia coli </em>O157:H7, <em>Salmonella typhimurium</em>, <em>etc</em>. The current practices to detect
Bumsang Kim, Jeong-Yeol Yoon
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One-Year Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Virus in Natural and Drinking Water

open access: yesPathogens, 2022
Although the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been detected in wastewater from several countries, monitoring its presence in other water matrices is still limited. This study aimed to evaluate the presence of this virus in natural and drinking water over one year of
Daniel Salvador   +3 more
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Securing executive buy-in for preventative risk management - lessons from water safety plans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Appropriate implementation of water safety plans (WSPs) offers an important opportunity to engage in and promote preventative risk management within water utilities.
Smith, Jennifer A.   +4 more
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The Safety of Water Disinfection [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Public Health, 1982
The use of gaseous chlorine in disinfecting municipal water supplies had enjoyed unquestioned acceptance for almost three quarters of a century, until 1975, when the National Organics Reconnaissance Survey (NORS) (1) revealed the presence of halogenated organic compounds resulting from chlorination in municipal supplies of 80 cities.
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