Organoleptic water quality: Health and economic impacts
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.
- Research Organization:
- 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)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6668748
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-94614; CONF-870586-1; ON: DE87007332
- 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
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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
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Health
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