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NATURALLY OCCURRING CHEMICALS in groundwater, an academic review. http://lnkd.in/dsAZ8rW View in LinkedIn

FIRST US CHLORINATED WATER. "One hundred years ago, on September 26, 1908, the residents of Jersey City became the first Americans to reap the health benefits of drinking water chlorination. City records show typhoid fever rates declined by over 92 percent between 1906 and 1926; similar triumphs are documented in cities across the country." http://lnkd.in/dJS6auR View in LinkedIn

NATURALLY OCCURRING MATTER in water, a refresher overview of the materials and dynamics. And how raw water treatment uses coagulation, flocculation and filtration before the chemical purification step with chlorine, UV or ozone, with the formation of over 700 toxic chlorinated byproducts. http://lnkd.in/djGYa-f View in LinkedIn

FIRST EUROPEAN CHLORINATION. "Early attempts at implementing water chlorination at a water treatment plant were made in 1893 in Hamburg, Germany, and in 1897 the town of Maidstone, England was the first to have entire water supply treated with chlorine. Permanent water chlorination began in 1905," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_chlorination View in LinkedIn

EPA WATER REGULATION. National US EPA drinking water regulations of contaminants. Primary drinking water regulations are legally enforceable, while secondary drinking water regulations are non-enforceable guidelines. http://lnkd.in/dB_S-U9 View in LinkedIn

ALL WATER CONTAINS CONTAMINANTS, many of natural sources not just man-made, including inorganic and organic molecules; these aqueous solutions of numerous soluble molecules are very varied. There are numerous chemical reactions that can occur between these contaminants, some of which are very problematic. http://lnkd.in/dpF-MGq View in LinkedIn

MODERN WATER PURIFICATION PLANTS are very complex, and require well trained staff to run them. Read a thorough essay on the process from source to tap, and be prepared to be surprised. Your water is not a simple process. http://lnkd.in/dxmqCmv View in LinkedIn

UBIQUITOUS CHLORINATED WATER. "Every day, approximately 170,000 (U.S. EPA, 2002) public water systems treat and convey billions of gallons of water through approximately 880,000 miles of distribution system piping to U.S. homes, farms and businesses." http://www.waterandhealth.org/drinkingwater/wp.html View in LinkedIn

CONCENTRATION OF CHLORINE IN DRINKING WATER. "Chlorine is present in drinking water at 0.2-1.0 mg/Liter. Chlorine is present in water as hypochlorous acid and hyperchlorites." http://lnkd.in/dXvsKvD View in LinkedIn

CHLORINATED WATER IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED. "According to the American Water Works Association, 98 percent of modern U.S. water treatment facilities use chlorine disinfectants to disinfect drinking water." http://lnkd.in/dJS6auR View in LinkedIn