Potable water

Like other regions around the world, southern Brazil has experienced periods of drought, having to find alternative water resources for producing drinking water during these times. The deep wells drilled in the Guarani Aquifer could help with this water imbalance, but the water, in some places, is br

High efficiency activated carbon with different chemical characteristics, appropriate for the purification of waste and potable water with different pollutions (metal ions) was prepared. It was established that activated carbon is obtained from carbonized olive stones in presence of nitrogen in the

In the last two years, international AQUAPOT project has carried out the installation of three drinking water treatment plants based on ultrafiltration (UF), in rural areas of the Andean region of Ecuador without access to drinking water. In addition, the project has carried out an applied parallel

Rajasthan, the largest state of the India faces a grim scenario in relation to water availability resources. Rajasthan has two-third of its area as desert and it faces scanty rainfall, recurring droughts in 3–4 years in a cycle of 5 years. It would be seen from the present status of drinking water d

In the present study, the physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of the potable water in the prefecture of Kozani are studied, according to the results of the analysis carried out in the Environmental Centre Laboratory, during 2002–2005. According to the Greek Legislation and the EU Dir

Pilot scale trickling filters were constructed and tested in order to study biological removal of ammonia, iron and manganese from potable water. The effect of the size of the support material on nitrification performance was studied extensively. The mean size of the gravel and hence, the specific s

Throughout the world consumers demand is expanding for a higher level of water quality and quantity. The source of water greatly varies from country to country and in some areas desalination of seawater is the dominant process for potable water. Desalination is a process that removes dissolved miner