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The World's Need for Household Water Treatment
Author(s) -
Berg Paul A.
Publication year - 2015
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 - 10.5942/jawwa.2015.107.0144
Subject(s) - tap water , boiling , water treatment , water resource management , geography , environmental planning , environmental science , environmental engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry
A young man in Mumbai, India, fills a water jug at a public tap (above). It is often necessary to provide household water treatment for water collected from city systems, and boiling (left) is the most common method . Credit for above photo: Paul Prescott / Shutterstock.com .