Manganese ore (pyrolusite) and iron ore (haematite), both raw and chemically treated with ferric hydroxide, alum, lime, or manganese dioxide, were... Read more...
Position paper by EUREAU, the European Union of National Association of Water Suppliers, on the implications of the revisions in the 1993 WHO... Read more...
The addition of cystine to H2S strips for bacteriological water tests was found to reduce the time required for assessing contamination and to... Read more...
This paper reviews a general strategy for selecting water sources following a disaster and considers in detail simple water treatment options. These... Read more...
Organic group parameters, adsorbable (AOX) and purgeable (POX) organic halogen, total (TOC) and non purgeable (NPOC) organic carbon were studied in... Read more...
The Ilorin water supply expansion programme is designed to raise plant output to nearly four times its existing capacity. this will satisfy the... Read more...
A study was conducted of existing traditional hand-dug wells (n=59) and protected springs (n=21) in a rural area in Kenya during September and... Read more...
This paper describes the methodology and results of implementing four 'no-dig' or trenchless techniques in selected areas of Selangor, Malaysia, as... Read more...
Development practitioners often have relied solely on technology and education imposed from the outside, rather than (a) assessing existing cultural... Read more...
A triiodide polymeric membrane based on a blend of polystyrene and polyethylene was evaluated for disinfection of water. Studies on anitibacterial... Read more...
The household water consumption was measured of 1000 families in the Netherlands in 1992. The following types of use were measured: baths, showers,... Read more...
The results of an ongoing comparative study of different pre-treatment alternatives based on two stages of roughing filtration are presented. Read more...
The Government of Malaysia introduced a policy of privatization of public services, including water supply, in 1985. Read more...
The key factors affecting domestic water consumption in the city of Calabar, Nigeria, were found to be: household size, income, number of taps in the... Read more...
This article presents a practical approach to the selection of technologies for surface water treatment based on raw water turbidity and algae... Read more...
Filtration through roughing gravity filters at low filtration rates between 0.5 and 2 m/h is able to produce water with low particulate... Read more...
DynaSand filtration is a continuous type of rapid sand filtration which can handle high loads of suspended solids and has therefore originally been... Read more...