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Creator:: Kang, Ki Sung
Abstract:: Water in 70 percent of the cities in the United States is hard enough that softening is either required or recommended. It is estimated that approximately 30 percent of all homes in the United States use water softeners. Water softeners, the cation exchange types suited for residential use, exchange sodium...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: water softeners remove 4 impurities from the groundwater and drinking such softened water is good

Creator:: Monaghan, Pegeen
Abstract:: The removal of microbial populations from potable water has been a practice with great importance towards public health, as it has resulted in the reduction of literally millions of cases of infectious disease. In the United States, pathogenic organisms are most commonly removed from drinking water through the application of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: water disinfection may be contributing to chronic disease, Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act

Creator:: Mitchell, Thomas J.
Abstract:: Excessive nitrates in drinking water pose a human health threat, especially to infants. Methemoglobinemia, or blue-baby syndrome, is a potentially fatal condition that inhibits the ability of red blood cells to bind and transport oxygen. Nitrates/nitrites have also been linked to such conditions as cancer, birth defects, and behavioral and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Anna Harding d Excessive nitrates in drinking water

Creator:: Kite-Powell, Aaron C.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to; (1) determine the extent of well water contamination with nitrate and pesticides, and to understand the relationships among nitrate, pesticide, dissolved chloride, dissolved sulfate, well age, and well depth in the southern Willamette Valley, Oregon; and, (2) to investigate local residents' perceptions and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Analysis of Well Water Quality and Local Residents' Perceptions of Drinking Water Quality in the Southern

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