Water contamination emergencies : enhancing our response /: enhancing our response. (©2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by K. Clive Thompson, John Gray.
• Other Names: Thompson, K. C (Kenneth Clive), 1944-; Gray, J (John), 1947-; International Conference on Water Contamination Emergencies, 2nd
• Contents: Safety, security, (un)certainty -- The water industry's perspective of water contamination emergencies -- The customers' view on water contamination -- Achieving an appropriate balance? : an Ofwat perspective -- Water contamination : case scenarios -- Chemical contamination of water : toxic effects -- HPA role on health risk advice to public health teams -- Preventing drinking water emergencies : water quality monitoring lessons from recent outbreak experience -- Water safety plans and their role in preventing and managing contamination of the water supply -- The use of computational toxicology for emergency response assessment -- Risk management capabilities : towards mindfulness for the international water utility sector -- Mass spectrometry screening techniques -- The utilisation on-line of common parameter monitoring as a surveillance tool for enhancing water security -- Risk assessment methodology for water utlities (RAM-W) : the foundation for emergency response planning -- Faster, smaller, cheaper: technical innovations for next-generation water monitoring -- A Dutch view of emergency planning and control -- Water distribution system modelling : an essential component of total system security -- Strengthening collaborations for water-related health risk communication -- Risk assessment, perception and communication : why dialogue is politic -- Bouncing back -- Poor communication during a contamination event may cause more harm to public health than the actual event itself -- Communication of tap water risks : challenges and opportunities -- Improving communication of drinking water risks through a better understanding of public perspectives -- UK Water Industry Laboratory Mutual Group : progress and achievements -- Recent advances in rapid ecotoxicity screening -- A water company perspective -- Rapid detection of volatile substances in water using a portable photoionization detector -- Analysis methods for water pollution emergency incidents -- Laboratory environmental analysis proficiency (LEAP) emergency scheme -- Electronic attack on IT and SCADA systems -- Incident involving radionuclides -- CBRN issues -- Screening analysis of river samples for unknown polutants -- Microbiological risk and analysis issues in water -- Reagentless detection of CB agents -- Be prepared, the approach in the Netherlands -- Overview of the water company challenges.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication Date: 2006
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 372 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 363.6/1; SCIENCE / Chemistry / General; Chemistry; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply; Science; Emergency management; Health risk assessment; Water -- Pollution; Water -- Pollution -- Health aspects; Water -- Toxicology; SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental); Chemistry; Pollution & threats to the environment; Water -- Pollution -- Congresses; Water -- Pollution -- Health aspects -- Congresses; Emergency management -- Congresses; Water -- Toxicology -- Congresses; Health risk assessment -- Congresses; Wasserverschmutzung; Wasserversorgung; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847552426; 1847552420; 9781628701371; 1628701374
• Related ISBNs: 0854046585; 9780854046584
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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