Water contamination emergencies : can we cope? / edited by K.C. Thompson, J. Gray [E-Book]
Contamination of water supplies, whether by chemical, biological or radioactive agents, requires a rapid and effective response in order to reduce or avoid impact on the environment or consumers. Using seven major incident case studies (including the Milwaukee Cryptosporidium incident, Chernobyl and...
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Personal Name(s): | Thompson, K. C. |
Gray, J. | |
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Cambridge, UK :
Royal Society of Chemistry,
c2004
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource |
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englisch |
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1847552358 9781847552358 9781628701364 1628701366 |
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Special publication / Royal Society of Chemistry ;
293 |
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Water contamination emergencies |
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- The city of Milwaukee crytosporidium outbreak : what really happened and how vulnerable are we?
- The wem incident
- The Hungerford fish mortality
- The foot and mouth disease outbreak 2001
- Burncrooks diesel incident
- Problems, perceptions and perfection : the role of the drinking water inspectorate in water quality incidents and emergencies
- Dealing with company, public and media perception
- Water related chemical incidents and their toxicological management
- Water and public health
- Environment agency analysis overview on contamination monitoring
- Contamination monitoring : screening vs targeted analysis
- Field and laboratory analysis for detection of unknown deliberately released contaminants
- Microbiological analysis : how soon can we have the results?
- Rapid toxkit microbiotests for water contamination emergencies
- Overview of handling emergencies : some cautionary tales
- Radiological issues
- Communications
- Testing the system : exercise is good for you!
- Can we cope?