Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune

Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2009-09-06

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0309136997

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In the early 1980s, two water-supply systems on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina were found to be contaminated with the industrial solvents trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE). The water systems were supplied by the Tarawa Terrace and Hadnot Point watertreatment plants, which served enlisted-family housing, barracks for unmarried service personnel, base administrative offices, schools, and recreational areas. The Hadnot Point water system also served the base hospital and an industrial area and supplied water to housing on the Holcomb Boulevard water system (full-time until 1972 and periodically thereafter). This book examines what is known about the contamination of the water supplies at Camp Lejeune and whether the contamination can be linked to any adverse health outcomes in former residents and workers at the base.


Ecobiology of Polluted Waters

Ecobiology of Polluted Waters

Author: Arvind Kumar

Publisher: Daya Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9788170353867

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Goethe said- Everything originated in water, and everything is sustained by water . Really with its multidimensional uses, water is one of the most precious gifts of nature without which no life could survive. The maximum part of the earth is covered with water but unfortunately we have only 3% of it in the form of freshwater, out of which 2% is in the form of glaciers and mountain ice thus only 1% of the total is on disposal for various requirements. The water is more enough if it is used and managed properly but due to our mismanagement and non-awareness, the whole world is facing teething crisis of water shortage as well as water pollution. Not only this, the waterbodies are now-a-days treated as dustbin. Man has miserably failed to realize his unabated interference in the natural recycling of essential elements, which have posed a serious threat to his own existence. The aim of this book is to provide a wide-ranging and authoritative coverage or water pollution, which is fundamental to our understanding and appreciation of the nature of aquatic environment. The book will be very much helpful for students, research scholars, Professors, scientists and policy makers in order to provide a sufficient depth of the subject to satisfy the needs at a level which will be comprehensive and interesting. Contents Chapter 1: Status of Freshwater in India: A Review by Arvind Kumar and Chandan Bohra; Chapter 2: Hydrochemical Studies on Suvarnamukhi Sub-basin of Arkavathi River, Bangalore District, Karnataka by H C Vajrappa and N Rajdhan Singh; Chapter 3: Prediction of Nitrate Pollution of Groundwater: A Case Study by Sarbjit Singh Sooch, Baljeet S Kapoor, Bijay Singh and N S Grewal; Chapter 4: Mining Initiatives for Placer Deposits Along the East Coast of India: A Preliminary Assessment of Possible Impact on Coastal Environment by M Jagannadha Rao, J Venkata Ramana and M Chandra Rao; Chapter 5: Influence of Thermal Stratification on Dissolved Oxygen in Subhas Sarobar, Kolkata by N R Samal, D Roy, A Mazumdar and B Bose; Chapter 6: Pollution of Drinking Water by Iron in Tribal Area of Sundargarh District, Orissa: A Guide to Community Health Workers and Non-government Organizations by P C Sahu and H K Sahoo; Chapter 7: Microbial Contamination in Drinking Water: Cause, Detection and Remedy by M K Bhutra and Ambica Soni; Chapter 8: Pollution Impact on the Hybrobiology of River Nakatia at Bareilly by Neelima Gupta, V K Verma and D K Gupta; Chapter 9: Status of Drinking Water Quality Awareness and its Impact on Student Health: A Study of Schools of Buldana District by S V Agarkar and B S Thombre; Chapter 10: Analysis and Seasonal Comparative Study of Amanishah Nallah and Neighbouring Ground Water Sources in Sanganer Town, Jaipur by Dinesh Kumar, Hari Singh, Mahavir Prasad and R V Singh; Chapter 11: A Study on Groundwater Quality in Residential Colonies of Visakhapatnam by T Usha Madhuri and B Subhashini; Chapter 12: Relation Between COD and BOD in Sewage and Groundwater Samples Around Nasik City by S P Wagh and V S Shrivastava; Chapter 13: Software Development on Groundwater Quality of Chengalpattu Environs, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu (GQS) by R Annadurai and P Kamaraj; Chapter 14: Soil and Groundwater Pollution by Agrochemicals: A Review by D S Kler, Navneet Kaur and R S Uppal; Chapter 15: Groundwater Quality Index Near Industrial Area by Deepali A Sohani, G R Chaudhary and V S Shrivastava; Chapter 16: Studies on Primary Productivity of a Wetland by O P Mandal, A K Sinha and K M P Sinha; Chapter 17: Seasonal Fluctuation of Primary Production in Bonal Reservoir, Gulbarga District, Karnataka by H Anjinappa and K Vijaykumar; Chapter 18: Study on Zooplankton Diversity in Relation to Some Hydrological Parameters in a Freshwater Pond Ecosystem by C Maruthanayagam, S Radja Piragache and C Senthil Kumar; Chapter 19: Water Quality Profile of Man-khad Stream in Outer Himalayas by Er Moti Ram Sharma; Chapter 20: Status of Fisheries Resources in Selected Backwaters of Kerala by P K Sukumaran; Chapter 21: The Benthic and Littoral Fauna of a Perennial Polluted Tank in Bangalore by P K Sukumaran; Chapter 22: Ecological Imbalance by Reservoirs by V Srihari and C R Suribabu; Chapter 23: Studies on Limnological Characteristics of Guruvayanakere Pond Near Belthangady, S K District by B A Kumara Hegde, G Suresha, K Ramadas and B Yashovarma; Chapter 24: Diel Variation in Waterfowl During Winter at Sirpur Tank, Indore by Manjeet Malhotra, M M Prakash and K Pawar; Chapter 25: Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Wastewater from Bakelite Manufacturing Industry by V Arutchelvan, V Kanakasabai, R Elangovan and S Nagarajan; Chapter 26: Limnological Studies of Potsangbam River, Manipur by Laishram Kosygin and Haobijam Dhamendra; Chapter 27: Water Quality Management for Jagath Tank, Gulbarga, India: A Case Study by K Vijaykumar, Shashikanth Majagi, B Vasanthkumar and Murali Jadesh; Chapter 28: Seasonal Variations in Species Composition of Aquatic Hyphomycetes in Two Temperate Streams by S C Sati and N Tiwari; Chapter 29: Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Visakhapatnam Area, Andhra Pradesh, India by Y Prasanna Kumar and P King; Chapter 30: Effects of Polluted Water Irrigation on Hemagglutination and Thermal Stability of Pissum sativum Lectin by R B Lal and K D Saxena; Chapter 31: An Assessment of Water Quality of River Cauvery at Mettur, Salem District, Tamil Nadu in Relation to Pollution by V Mathivanan,P Vijayan and Selvi Sabhanayakam; Chapter 32: Study of the Influence of Aquaculture Development on Environment: A Remote Sensing Approach by P Venkateswarlu, M V Rao, Kiran and Ramamohan.


Impact of Water Pollution on Human Health and Environmental Sustainability

Impact of Water Pollution on Human Health and Environmental Sustainability

Author: McKeown, A. Elaine

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2015-10-27

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 1466695609

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Water is at the core of all life on Earth and exists as one of the main components of the human body. Because water is essential to life, addressing water pollution and sustainability issues is of great concern to environmentalists and public health specialists alike. Impact of Water Pollution on Human Health and Environmental Sustainability highlights several important water-related issues and explores a number of potential solutions to the problem of water sustainability. Focusing on research-based perspectives on water availability, industrial and agricultural pollution, water contamination, and their impacts on the human population as well as the environment, this crucial publication is a necessary addition to academic and government libraries serving graduate-level students, environmental scientists, public health workers, policy makers, and legislators seeking the latest information on sustainable and contaminant-free water resources.


Water Pollution

Water Pollution

Author: Allen V. Kneese

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-18

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 1317387562

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Public agencies and industry will probably spend tens of billions of dollars on new water pollution abatement facilities in the next few decades. Added billions will be spent for the operation of new and existing facilities. How can physical science research reduce the cost of achieving objectives? And how can social science research make sure that the right objectives are being efficiently pursued? This title, first published in 1962, is directed to the orientation of the research effort, and the tool used for this purpose is an economic framework. This book will be of interest to students of economics and environmental studies.


The Environmental Science of Drinking Water

The Environmental Science of Drinking Water

Author: Patrick Sullivan

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2005-08-01

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 008045772X

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In today’s chemically dependent society, environmental studies demonstrate that drinking water in developed countries contains numerous industrial chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and chemicals from water treatment processes. This poses a real threat. As a result of the ever-expanding list of chemical and biochemical products industry, current drinking water standards that serve to preserve our drinking water quality are grossly out of date. Environmental Science of Drinking Water demonstrates why we need to make a fundamental change in our approach toward protecting our drinking water. Factual and circumstantial evidence showing the failure of current drinking water standards to adequately protect human health is presented along with analysis of the extent of pollution in our water resources and drinking water. The authors also present detail of the currently available state-of-the-art technologies which, if fully employed, can move us toward a healthier future. * Addresses the international problems of outdated standards and the overwhelming onslaught of new contaminants. * Includes new monitoring data on non-regulated chemicals in water sources and drinking water.* Includes a summary of different bottled waters as well as consumer water purification technologies.


Water Pollution Research ...

Water Pollution Research ...

Author: Great Britain. Water Pollution Research Board

Publisher:

Published: 1928

Total Pages: 1052

ISBN-13:

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Includes the report of the director of the Water Pollution Research Laboratory.