As a case study, an area in Kleberg County close to the Kingsville Dome ISR uranium mine was investigated not only to determine the quality of the groundwater in private wells, but also to establish the differences between naturally-occurring uranium and its decay products and contamination due...
rendering it unsafe for human use. Ridding groundwater of contaminants can be difficult to impossible, as well as costly. Once polluted, an aquifer may be unusable for decades, or even thousands of years. Groundwater can also
High population density implies escalated domestic effluents, which need high mass treatment plants, as illustrated in figure 1. However, if the treatment plants are mismanaged, there is a high risk of water contamination in the country. Industries must adhere to the set of government policies in...
Contaminated water is the most common reason behind an infectious diarrhea. Improper fecal disposal causes the contamination of groundwater and can be easily spread among a number of people. Water must be filtered or purified before using it as a drinking water if people want to stay safe. Natu...
Impurities of groundwater: At many places, groundwater is threatened with contamination due to the seepage from industrial and municipal effluents. These contaminants can cause various health problems like blue baby syndrome, black foot disease, and lung/skin cancer. Measures to Control Water Pollution...
Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies by directly or indirectly discharging chemicals, pollutants and wastes without adequate treatment.
Types of water pollutionPoint source pollution See also How recycling prevents pollution When contamination occurs from one source such as an oil spill or local farms, this is called point source contamination.Non-Point Source Pollution Contamination occurs from many different sources or sources far ...
Biofouling has been referred to as “the Achilles heel” of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology; the main cause being polyamide RO membranes lack of chlorine tolerance. Biofouling increases the operating cost of water treatment by increasing RO syst
Various processes, including benign or malignant (mostly metastasis) processes, contribute to the occurrence of multiple pulmonary nodules. For differential diagnosis, metastasis must be excluded as an etiological factor in patients who have multiple pul
the inert fraction of the surface sediment organic matter generally increases with the water depth at the targeted sites. There was a marked difference in PCB concentrations of the hadal and non-hadal sites. Concentrations of PCBs per mass organic carbon plotted versus the inert organic carbon frac...