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Proper wastewater treatment and disposal is one of the most important functions for healthy communities. Failure to treat wastewater may render a community completely unsafe to live in and result in a significant public health problem for residents. The American cities that experienced the highest death rates were those that lacked an adequate domestic water supply system and wastewater disposal (NRDC, 2008). Simple sanitation improvements, like digging pit latrines and treating drinking water with chlorine, filters and other simple, existing technologies can save millions of lives. This can be done by treating the
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The biomass is then separated from the product water in a final clarifier. This treatment removes about 80-95% of suspended solids and BOD. Tertiary treatment is the polishing process that filters the treated water through fine sand or granular material to remove fine suspended solids. The water is then chlorinated for disinfection. Tertiary treatment provides the needed process to make water cleaner and safer to …show more content…
(2008). Personal correspondence (source works in the food catering business).
Jackson, R. J. & Kochitzky, C. (n.d.). Creating a health environment: The impact of the built environment on public health. Center for Disease Control. Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse Monograph Series, 1-19. Retrieved 2008 from http://www.sprawlwatch.org/health.pdf.
Kreuter, M. W. (1992). Patch: Its origin, basic concepts and links to contemporary public health policy. Journal of Health Education, 23 (3). Retrieved November 2008 from http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/p0000064/p0000064.asp#001000000000000.
National Restaurants Association. (2007). Food safety and nutrition. Retrieved November 2008 from http://www.restaurant.org/foodsafety/.
Natural Resources Defense Council (2008). Bringing safe water to the world: Environmental stewardship can help eliminate the world’s biggest health risk - - dirty water. Retrieved 2008 from http://www.nrdc.org/international/safewater.asp.
Natural Resources Defense Council (2003). What’s on tap? Grading drinking water in the U.S. cities. Retrieved 2008 from http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/uscities/contents.asp.
Reuters. (2006). California classifies smoke a toxic risk. Retrieved November 2008
The biomass is then separated from the product water in a final clarifier. This treatment removes about 80-95% of suspended solids and BOD. Tertiary treatment is the polishing process that filters the treated water through fine sand or granular material to remove fine suspended solids. The water is then chlorinated for disinfection. Tertiary treatment provides the needed process to make water cleaner and safer to …show more content…
(2008). Personal correspondence (source works in the food catering business).
Jackson, R. J. & Kochitzky, C. (n.d.). Creating a health environment: The impact of the built environment on public health. Center for Disease Control. Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse Monograph Series, 1-19. Retrieved 2008 from http://www.sprawlwatch.org/health.pdf.
Kreuter, M. W. (1992). Patch: Its origin, basic concepts and links to contemporary public health policy. Journal of Health Education, 23 (3). Retrieved November 2008 from http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/p0000064/p0000064.asp#001000000000000.
National Restaurants Association. (2007). Food safety and nutrition. Retrieved November 2008 from http://www.restaurant.org/foodsafety/.
Natural Resources Defense Council (2008). Bringing safe water to the world: Environmental stewardship can help eliminate the world’s biggest health risk - - dirty water. Retrieved 2008 from http://www.nrdc.org/international/safewater.asp.
Natural Resources Defense Council (2003). What’s on tap? Grading drinking water in the U.S. cities. Retrieved 2008 from http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/uscities/contents.asp.
Reuters. (2006). California classifies smoke a toxic risk. Retrieved November 2008