Rainwater harvesting: What are the potential effects of roof maintenance on runoff quality? France as an example
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Currently rainwater harvesting is more and more popular in the world. The aim is reduce drinking water consumption in developed countries or create a point of access for water in developing countries, for drinking water or for plants irrigation. For developed countries the problems of rainwater re-use can be linked with micro pollutants contamination. Hence we underline a possible source of biocides and especially of quaternary ammoniums in rainwater stocked, which can be a source of exposition. For developing countries the problematic is link with health by drinking water access. Indeed some authors showed how contaminated rainwater is. Not really by chemical products but by bacteria.
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