MADRAS CITY WATER-SUPPLY.

Tropical Ulcers in Madras City

Private Hospital Sector in Madras City: Some Preliminary Observations

This paper provides a description of the nature of hospital sector, with an emphasis on private hospital sector, in Madras city. It highlights some of the characteristics of the hospital sector, namely its size, distribution, range of services offered, manpower employed, and price differentials for outpatient care. A preliminary comparison of 35 private hospitals suggests presence of price-comp...

Assessment of safety in drinking water supply system of Birjand city using World Health Organization’s water safety plan

Background: The conventional method for managing drinking water quality is not a suitable preventive strategy for protecting public health. A water safety plan (WSP) presents a systematic approach to ensuring the health and quality of drinking water. This study assessed the drinking water supply system safety of Birjand city using the WHO’s WSP. Methods: This investigation employed the WSP-QA ...

Uptake of nutrients and organic C in streams in New York City drinking-water-supply watersheds

Uptake of nutrients and organic C was measured once annually between 2000 and 2002 in each of 10 streams within the water-supply source areas for New York City. Nutrients (PO4 3– and NH4 þ) and organic C (glucose and arabinose) were injected into the streams for 1 to 2 h, and uptake lengths were estimated from the longitudinal declines in downstream concentration relative to that of a conservat...

Community participation in small city water supply schemes in Sri Lanka

Introduction Community participation in small city water supply programme is a new approach. It is a fact that many of the small city water supplies currently under operations in many parts of the world have been implemented on top down or supply driven approach aiming the welfare of people and often did not concern about the economic viability of the systems. Majority of these schemes are mana...