The performance of irrigation schemes around the world has been below expectations. assessment is an essential step towards improving agricultural water use. One primary indicators relative supply (RIS, ratio between amount delivered and crop net requirements). This study presents a worldwide analysis scheme by evaluating key attributes that influence RIS. was based on review reports scientific...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to obtain information on the residues of herbicides (imazametabenz, simazine, isoproturon, clortoluron, metribuzine, atrazine, cianazine, terbutrin, propanil, terbutilazine, alachlor and pendimetalin) present in water proceeding from Navarre. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 465 samples of water were taken: 378 were taken from 141 water supplies; the remaini...

Chronic exposure to arsenic (As) in drinking water is an established cause of cancer and other adverse health effects. Arsenic concentrations >10 μg L(-1) were previously measured in 5% of private water supplies (PWS) in Cornwall, UK. The present study investigated prolongued exposure to As by measuring biomarkers in hair and toenail samples from 212 volunteers and repeated measurements of As i...

In addition to providing potable drinking water, U.S. water systems are critical to the maintenance of many vital public services, such as fire suppression and power generation. Disruption of these systems would produce severe public health and safety risks, as well as considerable economic losses. Thus, water systems have been designated as critical to national security by the U.S. government....

molecular isolation of biodegradable mycobacteria from water supplies of iranian hospitals background and objectives: some microorganisms, mainly members of two genera including pseudomonas and mycobacterium , were found to be capable of transforming and degrading of polluting agents. we herein report the isolation of a few mycobacteria with the ability to biodegrade organic and inorganic compo...

Agricultural pesticides (i.e., insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides) represent a threat to drinking water quality and aquatic life within agricultural streams. Many agricultural streams serve as source waters for urban drinking water supplies within the Midwestern United States. Transport of pesticides from upstream agricultural streams to downstream drinking water supplies can result in an...

In the early 1970's it was discovered by several groups of investigators that trihalomethanes (THM) were present in some American drinking water supplies, and that their presence was due primarily to the process of chlorination. Bellar and coworkers (1974) pinpointed the appearance of trihalomethanes to the addition of chlorine in the water treatment process. Symons and coworkers, in the Nation...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Quantitative evidence linking environmental exposures and social status at sub-national scales is surprisingly limited. This study investigated the public health risks associated with community water supplies in relation to social status in New Zealand. DESIGN An ecological study using a Geographic Information System (GIS) to compare the grade of community water supplies with ...