Potable Water: Quality of Raw Water and Finished Potable Water, Production of Potable Water, Contaminations of Potable Water
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and One Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2019) | Viewed by 9537
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Interests: pesticides; soil microorganisms, disinfection
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Dear Colleagues,
Daily, every person needs some liters of safe drinking water and water used for food preparation. The amount of this water depends on climate, physical activity, body size, etc. Already, many people have difficulties to get this essential water—at least during dry periods. Sometimes, groundwater can be safe without any treatments. If surface waters are used as raw water for potable water, usually, different treatments are needed to reduce organic matter, to control pH, to disinfect water, etc. We can get water by fetching it from wells or springs, or by buying it in bottles, tanks or via private or common taps. In some areas, families, schools, etc., use different, additional filters or heating treatments to make water safe. All stages, from raw water quality and its treatments in water supply plants up to final storage in bottles, tanks or distribution pipe systems, have effect on the final quality of drinking water and, thus, on human health and wellbeing. Unfortunately, the price of water does not often correspond with the safety of water, so that water piped to homes in industrial countries can be safe and cheap, but water bought in bottles or tanks in developing countries can be expensive and unprotected.
Dr. Helvi Heinonen-Tanski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- contamination of water
- disinfection
- drinking water
- fresh water
- water availabilty
- water safety
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