Town scale response of water viral communities to town source surface water contamination with hydrochemical parameters

Hot water burns in Cape Town.

Scalds are common in South Africa and accounted for 21.6 per cent of the admissions to the Burns Unit of the University of Cape Town. Two hundred and forty adult patients (160 males, 80 females) with a mean age of 34.2 years were admitted for treatment of scalds between 1985 and June 1992. One hundred and thirteen sustained their scalds accidentally while 127 patients were assaulted with hot wa...

Environmental health risk assessment of nickel contamination of drinking water in a country town in NSW.

OBJECTIVES To assess the health risks associated with consumption of drinking water with elevated nickel concentration in a NSW country town named Sampleton. METHODS We used enHealth Guidelines (2002) as our risk assessment tool. Laboratory test results for nickel in water samples were compared with the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines 2004 and the World Health Organization's (WHO) Guidel...

Fecal Contamination Source Identification Methods in Surface Water

This literature review discusses possible methods for differentiating between human and nonhuman sources of fecal contamination in surface waters. This document is written for the water quality investigator. Some of the more promising tools for assisting the investigator with source identification are described. The document is divided into sections on microbiological, chemical, and other metho...

Water Quality Assessment for the Town of Caswell Beach, 2008

Treatment and Study of Parameters from Municipal Waste Water from Urban Town

The most important necessity for life is water. Shortage of clean & fresh drinking water leads to suffering. This is mainly contributed by generation of sewage waste mixed with the water bodies, due to unplanned urbanization and has largely contributed to the causing severe water pollution. Pollutants discharged in waste waters can be toxic to aquatic life and cause natural waters to be unfit t...