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Progress Report on Water Quality Criteria
Author(s) -
Bean Elwood L.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1962.tb00965.x
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , work (physics) , test (biology) , ideal (ethics) , water quality , risk analysis (engineering) , business , engineering management , engineering ethics , environmental planning , engineering , computer science , environmental resource management , environmental science , political science , law , mechanical engineering , paleontology , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
In this progress report, an outline is presented of the results of Committee 2225 M's subsequent work on the need for professional standards of water quality as presented at the 1960 Bal Harbor Conference. This progress report also outlines the characteristics of an “Ideal Quality Water.” The qualities are delineated on a level to meet the functional definition stated herein, which is limited by the sensitivity of present test methods and by current medical and sanitary knowledge.