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Published: September 2022
FIG. 4.18 Hypothetical contamination of a drinking water supply by a plume of pollutants flowing from an ash pit into an aquifer ( Vallero, 2020 ). More about this image found in Hypothetical contamination of a drinking water supply by a plume of polluta...
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in Higher-Level Thinking in Introductory Physics Laboratories
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Published: May 2022
FIG. 3.1 Interaction of sunlight with water (left) and a soft drink (right). More about this image found in Interaction of sunlight with water (left) and a soft drink (right).
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Published: September 2022
FIG. 4.19 Plume of pollutants flowing from a source and being transported in a drinking water aquifer. The plane perpendicular to groundwater flow is used to calculate movement, i.e., flux, of the plume ( Vallero, 2019 ). More about this image found in Plume of pollutants flowing from a source and being transported in a drinki...
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Published: September 2022
FIG. 6.8 Elevation and aquifer locations in southern Florida. Most of the aquifer is recharged by the freshwater Everglades, rendering the area vulnerable to saltwater intrusion and increased salinity of both surface- and groundwater sources of drinking water. Adapted from U.S. Environmental P... More about this image found in Elevation and aquifer locations in southern Florida. Most of the aquifer is...
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Series: AIPP Books, Perspectives
Published: September 2022
10.1063/9780735421721_006
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2172-1
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2173-8
...Nor can you unscramble an egg. Or un-mix a mixed drink. Intrinsic to all of these is the principle that things tend to disorder: many processes are irreversible. However, here is the conundrum. Microscopic collisions can be reversible. A faster molecule can transfer energy to a slower one...
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Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: August 2022
10.1063/9780735424913_003
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2491-3
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2488-3
... ( C ) ⋅ ( I R ) ⋅ ( E L ) ⋅ ( A F ) ⋅ ( E D ) ( B W ) ⋅ ( T L ) C = concentration of the contaminant in the gas phase (mg m−3) Other variables the same as above. Drinking water ( C ) ⋅ ( C R ) ⋅ ( E D ) ⋅ ( A F...
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Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: August 2022
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EISBN: 978-0-7354-2491-3
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2488-3
.... Environmental Protection Agency , Basic Air Pollution Meteorology Student Guidebook (SI 409) ( U.S. EPA , Research Triangle Park, NC , 2005 ). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , “ Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 5-Draft: A Proposed Rule by the Environmental Protection Agency on 07/19...
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Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: August 2022
10.1063/9780735424913_007
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2491-3
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2488-3
..., a chemical or biological agent of concern is expected to reach public water systems and may need to be regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), it is placed on the Contaminant Candidate List (CCL). The most recent draft (CCL5) includes 66 chemicals, 3 chemical groups (PFAS, cyanotoxins...
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Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: September 2022
10.1063/9780735424357_004
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2435-7
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2432-6
... and other sources besides direct discharge of the effluent, especially seepage from the ash storage system ( U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2017 ). Disposing of wastes above the ground and underground is a threat to groundwater, which is a major source of drinking water for much of the world...
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Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: September 2022
10.1063/9780735424357_006
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2435-7
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2432-6
...- and groundwater sources of drinking water. Adapted from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “Impacts of changes in water resources on other sectors,” see https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-water-resources_.html (accessed on 7/21/2022). Table 6.2 indicates...
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Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: August 2022
10.1063/9780735424913
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2491-3
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2488-3
Book Chapter
Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: September 2022
10.1063/9780735424357_008
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2435-7
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2432-6
.... The amount of resistance to flow when it is acted on by an external force, especially a pressure differential or gravity, is the fluid's viscosity, a crucial fluid property used in numerous environmental applications, e.g., air pollution plume characterization, sludge management, and wastewater and drinking...
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Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: September 2022
10.1063/9780735424357_002
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2435-7
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2432-6
... in the groundwater, some of which is extracted in wells for drinking water. Ingesting nitrates can cause methemoglobinemia, i.e., elevated amounts of hemoglobin where the iron of heme is oxidized to the ferric (Fe3+) form, causing a varying degree of cyanosis in infant mammals ( Johnson, 2019 ). Thus...
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Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: September 2022
10.1063/9780735424357_003
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2435-7
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2432-6
... into bioavailable forms. Under many conditions, such as excessive concentrations, transformations by biota into toxic chemical forms, or moving into drinking water supplies, this same N can become air, water, and soil pollutants. Substances are formed, transformed, and transported by these and myriad other...
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Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: September 2022
10.1063/9780735424357
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2435-7
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2432-6
Book Chapter
Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: August 2022
10.1063/9780735424913_002
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2491-3
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2488-3
... by dose sources of mean human exposure to ionizing radiation, from highest to lowest is ( Ruano-Ravina and Wakeford, 2020 ): residential radon; lithospheric radionuclides in rocks and soils; cosmic radiation; and ingested radionuclides in foods and drinks. For most human exposure scenarios...
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Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: September 2022
10.1063/9780735424357_005
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2435-7
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2432-6
..., restrictions on dredging activities, eutrophication or undesirable algae, restrictions on drinking water consumption or taste, and odor problems, beach closings, degradation of esthetics, added costs to agriculture or industry, degradation of phytoplankton and zooplankton populations...
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Series: AIPP Books, Methods
Published: August 2022
10.1063/9780735424913_004
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2491-3
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2488-3
... by residential activities and product usage, e.g., pathogenic microbes, nutrients, and toxic substances (see Fig. 4.5 ). An efficient system keeps pollutants from reaching drinking water supplies, e.g., aquifers and surface waters. For example, efficiency decreases with declining retention time because...
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Series: AIPP Books, Principles
Published: July 2022
10.1063/9780735424272_015
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2427-2
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2424-1
... areas, especially some islands, their economy depends on seasonal tourism; so electricity consumption increases in the season of tourism (usually the summer), and the demand for clean drinking water increases, while this demand reduces highly in other seasons. Most of the remote areas are using diesel...
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Series: AIPP Books, Professional
Published: May 2022
10.1063/9780735424234_003
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2423-4
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2420-3
... knowledge. Scenario and assignment White light interacting with two similar drinking glasses—one filled with water and the other filled with Coke—shows different wavelengths of light emerging from opposite sides of the glasses. (See the bases of the glasses in the picture below.) Propose an explanation...
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