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Title: Organoleptic water quality: Health and economic impacts

Abstract

Organoleptic properties of drinking water (i.e., characteristics perceptible to the senses) can affect the acceptance of water by the public. In this paper we present a risk-analysis methodology, along with supporting data, that can be used for assessing the relationship between the level of either (1) turbidity, color, and odor; or (2) total dissolved solids (TDS); or (3) metabolites of algae and associated bacteria in drinking water, and the fraction of an exposed population that could reject the water. We explain how this methodology can be used by public health authorities in developing nations as a rational approach for adopting pragmatic water-quality guidelines for these organoleptic constituents, and for accurately correlating concentrations of these organoleptic constituents with the need to commit manpower and resources to improve water quality in rural areas, small communities, and large cities.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA); California Univ., Berkeley (USA); California Univ., Davis (USA); Army Medical Bioengineering Research and Development Lab., Fort Detrick, MD (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6668748
Report Number(s):
UCRL-94614; CONF-870586-1
ON: DE87007332
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: International conference on resource mobilization for drinking water supply and sanitation in developing nations, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 26 May 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; DRINKING WATER; WATER QUALITY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARDS; ALGAE; BACTERIA; COLOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; METABOLITES; ODOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECOMMENDATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUTES; TURBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HAZARDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MICROORGANISMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLANTS; WATER; 290300* - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety; 552000 - Public Health

Citation Formats

Daniels, J I, Layton, D W, Nelson, M A, Olivieri, A W, Cooper, R C, Danielson, R E, Bruvold, W H, Scofield, R, Hsieh, D P.H., and Schaub, S A. Organoleptic water quality: Health and economic impacts. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
Daniels, J I, Layton, D W, Nelson, M A, Olivieri, A W, Cooper, R C, Danielson, R E, Bruvold, W H, Scofield, R, Hsieh, D P.H., & Schaub, S A. Organoleptic water quality: Health and economic impacts. United States.
Daniels, J I, Layton, D W, Nelson, M A, Olivieri, A W, Cooper, R C, Danielson, R E, Bruvold, W H, Scofield, R, Hsieh, D P.H., and Schaub, S A. 1987. "Organoleptic water quality: Health and economic impacts". United States.
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title = {Organoleptic water quality: Health and economic impacts},
author = {Daniels, J I and Layton, D W and Nelson, M A and Olivieri, A W and Cooper, R C and Danielson, R E and Bruvold, W H and Scofield, R and Hsieh, D P.H. and Schaub, S A},
abstractNote = {Organoleptic properties of drinking water (i.e., characteristics perceptible to the senses) can affect the acceptance of water by the public. In this paper we present a risk-analysis methodology, along with supporting data, that can be used for assessing the relationship between the level of either (1) turbidity, color, and odor; or (2) total dissolved solids (TDS); or (3) metabolites of algae and associated bacteria in drinking water, and the fraction of an exposed population that could reject the water. We explain how this methodology can be used by public health authorities in developing nations as a rational approach for adopting pragmatic water-quality guidelines for these organoleptic constituents, and for accurately correlating concentrations of these organoleptic constituents with the need to commit manpower and resources to improve water quality in rural areas, small communities, and large cities.},
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year = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1987},
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