Objectives: Preliminary calculations indicated that carbonate radical may participate in organic compound removal during AOP application, and that in some cases, this participation might be further enhanced by relatively minor adjustments to the water chemistry, during a pretreatment step. The objectives of this project were to investigate those effects, develop a model for prediction of the ef...

Despite shortcomings, boiling is the most common means of treating water at home and the benchmark against which emerging point-of-use water treatment approaches are measured. In a 5-month study, we assessed the microbiological effectiveness and cost of the practice among 218 self-reported boilers relying on unprotected water supplies. Boiling was associated with a 99% reduction in geometric me...

during the past two centuries, production and consumption of nitrate, especially in agricultural field, have been increased considerably. currently many countries in the world including iran encounter to a high nitrate level in drinking water. the main reason is the seepage of agricultural runoff and municipal and industrial wastewater to water resources, particularly groundwater. from the old ...

background: cement production is associated with heavy metal emissions and environmental pollution by cement dust. the degree of contamination of drinking water sources by major and trace elements present in cement dust generated by united cement factory (unicem) is still uncertain. this study estimated the element content of ground and surface water samples (hand-dug wells, boreholes and strea...

this experiment was carried out to study the effect of sodium chloride from drinking water and feed intake on the quality of egs from laying hens. four hundred and twenty native and white leghorn laying hens ranging from 36 to 43 weeks of age were used. seven experimental treatments containing different levels of salt supplied by feed and/or drinking water were compared. increasing salt int...

Effectiveness of drinking water treatment, in particular pathogen control during the water treatment process, is always a major public health concern. In this investigation, the application of PCR-DGGE technology to the analysis of microbial community structures and dynamics in the drinking water treatment process revealed several dominant microbial populations including: α-Proteobacteria, β-Pr...