tap water consumption Articles
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Factors influencing public perception and use of municipal drinking water
Despite more stringent regulations concerning drinking water quality in many countries, the public is increasingly concerned about the safety of municipal tap water. For this reason, acquiring a better understanding of consumer perception of tap water is an important issue for water authorities and utility managers. In this study, water consumption choice and profile were investigated. The case ...
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Cost-effective rainwater harvesting system in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
Expected population growth will result in increasing water demand. The consequences could potentially jeopardise water resource availability especially in urban areas and significantly increase costs. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems can aid not only in meeting water demand partially, but also doing so in a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly manner than other techniques. ...
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Community water fluoridation predicts increase in age-adjusted incidence and prevalence of diabetes in 22 states from 2005 and 2010
Community water fluoridation is considered a significant public health achievement of the 20th century. In this paper, the hypothesis that added water fluoridation has contributed to diabetes incidence and prevalence in the United States was investigated. Panel data from publicly available sources were used with population-averaged models to test the associations of added and natural fluoride ...
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Mistrust at the tap? Factors contributing to public drinking water (mis)perception across US households
How individuals perceive the safety of their public drinking water influences whether they reach for the tap to quench their thirst, or an alternative such as bottled water or a sugary drink. In turn, mistrust of drinking water quality and subsequent reliance on alternative beverage sources can adversely impact health, welfare and the environment. Using data from the 2013 American Housing ...
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Predicting water filter and bottled water use in Appalachia: a community-scale case study
A questionnaire survey was conducted in order to assess residents’ perceptions of water quality for drinking and recreational purposes in a mid-sized city in northcentral West Virginia. Two logistic regression analyses were conducted in order to investigate the factors that influence bottle use and filter use. Results show that 37% of respondents primarily use bottled water and that 58% use a ...
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Differences in water consumption choices in Canada: the role of socio-demographics, experiences, and perceptions of health risks
In 2000 and 2001 Canadians were shocked by water contamination events that took place in two provinces. In 2004 we undertook an internet-based survey across Canada that asked respondents to identify in percentage terms their total drinking water consumption according to one of three sources: tap water, bottled water, and home-filtered water (either some type of container or an in-tap filter ...
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Investigation of water consumption patterns among Irish adults for waterborne quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA)
Microbial and chemical contamination of drinking water supplies can cause human health problems. Microbial pathogens are of primary concern and quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) is employed to assess and manage the risks they pose. Estimates of drinking water consumption, or distributions, are required to assess levels of waterborne pathogen exposure. To establish distributions for ...
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The water content opens 2018
Raw water, hydrogenated water and the oxygen reduction in oceans are the three water themes that have opened this new year Water sector has strongly started the 2018. It has only been a week of new year and water contents have broken into the mass media and magazines. Raw water and hydrogenated water to drink and, in front of this, a more worrying new for the entire population: Water without ...
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Reverse osmosis: Whether a concern over the removal of minerals or not?
Reverse Osmosis will generally remove salt, manganese, iron, flouride, lead, and calcium (Binnie et. al., 2002). Most mineral constituents of water are physically larger than water molecules and they are trapped by the semi-permeable membrane and removed from drinking water when filtered through a RO (AllAboutWater.org, 2004). Meanwhile, consumers are concerned about the removal of minerals ...
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Ion ScaleBuster Water Conditioning - University Student Residence - Case Study
OVERVIEW In July 1996, a 4” ION ScaleBuster® SB100 was installed at the student residence to protect the cold water taps, WCs and unvented hot water cylinders. WATER SYSTEM CHALLENGES Annual water consumption of the building (which went through the ION ScaleBuster®) was 11,587 cubic meters. In Brighton (the southern England coast region) the water is hard to very hard – ...
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An assessment of consumer preferences on the drinking water market: today to the future
In the 21st century, water has become a priority issue as a vital commodity which has no substitute and has growing economic and strategic value. It is predicted that a significant part of the world population will be faced with drinking water problems in the coming years. This study was focused on the determination of consumer preference trends for drinking water. In the scope of the study, ...
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Phoenix Student Residence, the University of Brighton UK - Case Study
OVERVIEW In July 1996, a 4” ION ScaleBuster® SB100 was installed at the student residence to protect the cold water taps, WCs and unvented hot water cylinders. WATER SYSTEM CHALLENGES Annual water consumption of the building (which went through the ION ScaleBuster®) was 11,587 cubic meters. In Brighton (the southern England coast region) the water is hard to very hard – ...
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Growth and accumulation of heavy metals in turnip (
Brassica rapa ) irrigated with different concentrations of treated municipal wastewaterThe present study has been carried out by irrigating turnip plants with different concentrations of treated municipal wastewater in order to see the effect on heavy metals accumulation and growth of plants. The turnip plants were watered with normal water and the results compared with results obtained by using treated municipal wastewater. The treatments used were: control (tap water) with 0, ...
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Hotels Embrace Water Sustainability as a Bottom-Line Necessity
Measures by the major water consumers range from efficient fixtures to in-house desalination In the United States, hotel rooms, pools, landscaping, laundries, and other facilities account for 15% of all water use in institutional and commercial facilities. And globally, many international hotel chains have come to understand sustainability as a bottom-line issue and have even started marketing ...
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Buying Green! A Handbook on Environmental Public Procurement
Untitled Document Green procurement: the essentials Green public procurement is a step-by-step process. Here are the steps. Consider which products, services or works are the most suitable on the basis both of their environmental impact and of other factors, such as the information you have, what is on the market, the technologies available, ...
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Mapping Water Taps to Ensure WASH Infrastructure and Safe Drinking Water for the Entire Population of Kumba (Cameroon)
Ensuring safe and clean water for the people across Africa is one of the greatest problems on the continent. Water sources are often miles from towns and villages, so people are forced to spend hours each day simply finding and transporting potable water back to their homes. In the city of Kumba (Cameroon), displaced people settled in their farms lack safe water access, and most of them and ...
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