Water borne diseases
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Assessment of Water Quality for Drinking Purpose in Various Educational Institute of Tamluk, East Midnapore, West Bengal, India
Abstract: The study is conducted to assess the quality of drinking water in educational institutes situated at Tamluk, East Midnapore, West Bengal, India. The municipally supplied water was found to contain a high amount of fecal coliform (2400/100ml) which indicates the contamination of the water system. The alkalinity values are found to be higher than the permissible limit and overall water is found to be hard. The study revealed that the …
Published in Journal of Water Pollution & Purification Research · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 25–31 Read article
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Potential use of Silver Nanoparticles in water filter tanks as an antimicrobial agent
Abstract: The packing foam was used to suspend the silver nanoparticles so as to avoid the problems of free nanoparticles getting mixed with drinking water. The contact time required to kill the microorganism along with various designs of incorporating the packaging foam in the tank is studied to ensure the best design to suspend the polymer in the filtration tank will be studied by taking the microbial count. A comparison of …
Published in Journal of Water Pollution & Purification Research · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 15–19 Read article