PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY CONTAMINATED BY AN INTERCONNECTED PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY

[Public drinking water supply and egg laying by Aedes aegypti].

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of the quality of publicly supplied water in domestic water tanks on egg laying by female Aedes aegypti. METHODS Laboratory study on immature Ae. aegypti, collected from water-tanks in the municipality of Potim, SP, Southeastern Brazil. Each cage contained three types of water in which eggs could be laid: Three choice per test were simultaneously used to depos...

Public Supply of Private Goods

Secure Water Supply

Previous to 9-11, it was assumed that a combination of small-scale bench testing plus dimensional analysis would be sufficient to model fate and transport of chemical and biological (CB) contaminants in water systems. Water security is a life safety issue. Water supply systems on military installations and forward facilities are vulnerable to both conventional, industrial and military CB agent ...

Rural Water Supply Network

A Hospital's Water Supply

consumption of water at the King Edward VII. Hospital, Cardiff, was carefully noted at the time by the hospital authorities, who were prepared to give reasons for the increased consumption, but delayed communicating with the Press until the Corporation had considered the proposal to increase their contribution to the hospital. Now that that has been dealt with, it is only fair to the hospital t...