Nitrate Contamination - Exposure, Consequence and Control

The nitrate content in drinking water is rising at an alarming rate in several parts of the world, due to the lack of proper sewage treatment and mostly due to excess fertilizer applications. This book addresses the three main types of expertise needed to select proper control alternatives for nitrate contamination: - hydrological engineering, to estimate nitrate exposure; - biomedical engineering, to assess the health conse- quences of nitrate exposure; - environmental engineering, to find treatment strategies.
Die Nitratbelastung des Trinkwassers hat in vielen Gebieten der Erde alarmierende Ausmaße angenommen. Die Hauptursache ist der übermäßige Gebrauch von Düngemitteln in der Landwirtschaft. Die gesundheitlichen Risiken sowie mögliche Kontrollmaßnahmen werden diskutiert.

Product details

• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1991
• EAN: 9783540530886
• ISBN: 978-3-540-53088-6
• No. of pages: 520
• Weight: 1006 g
• Illustrations: w. graphs.
• Series: NATO ASI Series G: Ecological Sciences