EMPLOYING MICROORGANISMS IN WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
$ 38.5
Description
Cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid, and polio are just among the infections that can spread due to contaminated water and poor sanitation. Almost 5.8 billion people are suffering from a lack of clean drinking water. People are exposed to health risks that can be avoided when water and sanitation services are absent, deficient or improperly managed. The drinking water of hundreds of millions of people is fatally contaminated or chemically polluted due to improper management of urban, industrial and agricultural wastewater. Arsenic and fluoride are examples of naturally occurring chemicals that may have health implications. Other compounds, like lead may be present in higher concentrations in drinking water as a result of leaching from water supply components that come into contact with the water.