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October 05, 2008
100 Years of Clean Water
September 24th was the 100th anniversary of one of the great and grand achievements of Public Health -- water chlorination. You can watch a video about the achievement in YouTube.
Here is a timeline of major events.
More about the anniversary
American Chemistry Council: Chlorine Chemistry - 100 Years of Safer lives: http://www.americanchemistry.com/100years/
More about chlorine and chlorination
CDC: Emergency Preparedness and Response: Chlorine: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/chlorine/
Chlorine Institute: History: http://www.chlorineinstitute.org/AboutCI/content.cfm?ItemNumber=555&snItemNumber=481
Virginia Tech University: Civil Engineering 4124: Water Treatment Primer: http://www.cee.vt.edu/ewr/environmental/teach/wtprimer/chlorine/chlorine.html
Water Quality and Health: A Public Health Giant Step - Chlorination of US Drinking Water: http://www.waterandhealth.org/drinkingwater/chlorination_history.html
Wikipedia: Chlorination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorination
More about drinking water safety:
EPA: It's Your Drinking Water: http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/consumer/itsyours.html
EPA: Safe Drinking Water Act Home: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/sdwa/index.html
EPA: The History of Drinking Water Treatment: http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/consumer/pdf/hist.pdf
GPO: Drinking Water Academy: http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps21800/www.epa.gov/safewater/dwa/
Math Matters: Water Supply and Distribution: http://www.maplesoft.com/mathmatters/watersupply.aspx
Posted by pfa at October 5, 2008 01:52 PM