Rainwater harvesting: quality assessment and utilization in The Netherlands
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Rainwater harvesting: quality assessment and utilization in The Netherlands.
The use of roof-collected rainwater as a freely available and sustainable alternative to drinking water produced by drinking water companies increases worldwide. Initially, rainwater is free of microbial contamination, but it may become contaminated by animals and humans or, alternatively, human pathogens may grow in stored rainwater resulting in a significant human health risk from infectious ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Water and Health
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1477-8920,1996-7829
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.037