A review of physicochemical and biological contaminants in drinking water and their impacts on human health
Clean drinking water is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Despite significant progress in the water purification technology, many regions still lack access to clean water. This paper provides a review of selected water contaminants and their impacts on human health. The World...
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| description | Clean drinking water is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Despite significant progress in the water purification technology, many regions still lack access to clean water. This paper provides a review of selected water contaminants and their impacts on human health. The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and regional standards for key contaminants were used to characterise water quality in the European Union and UK. The concept of safe drinking water was explained based on the non-observed adverse effect level, threshold concentrations for toxic chemicals, and their total daily intake. Various techniques for monitoring water contaminants and the drinking water standards from five different countries, including the UK, USA, Canada, Pakistan and India, were compared to WHO recommended guidelines. The literature on actual water quality in these regions and its potential health impacts was also discussed. Finally, the role of public water suppliers in identifying and monitoring drinking water contaminants in selected developed countries was presented as a potential guideline for developing countries. This review emphasised the need for a comprehensive understanding of water quality and its impacts on human health to ensure access to clean drinking water worldwide. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af2dcc12ffff474db9ea69137cecb9ae2023-11-19T04:34:30ZengElsevierWater Science and Engineering1674-23702023-12-01164333344A review of physicochemical and biological contaminants in drinking water and their impacts on human healthAhsan Shah0Arun Arjunan1Ahmad Baroutaji2Julia Zakharova3School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, WV1 1LY, United KingdomSchool of Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, WV1 1LY, United Kingdom; Corresponding author.School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United KingdomSchool of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, WV1 1LY, United KingdomClean drinking water is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Despite significant progress in the water purification technology, many regions still lack access to clean water. This paper provides a review of selected water contaminants and their impacts on human health. The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and regional standards for key contaminants were used to characterise water quality in the European Union and UK. The concept of safe drinking water was explained based on the non-observed adverse effect level, threshold concentrations for toxic chemicals, and their total daily intake. Various techniques for monitoring water contaminants and the drinking water standards from five different countries, including the UK, USA, Canada, Pakistan and India, were compared to WHO recommended guidelines. The literature on actual water quality in these regions and its potential health impacts was also discussed. Finally, the role of public water suppliers in identifying and monitoring drinking water contaminants in selected developed countries was presented as a potential guideline for developing countries. This review emphasised the need for a comprehensive understanding of water quality and its impacts on human health to ensure access to clean drinking water worldwide.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674237023000522Drinking water contaminantsPhysicochemical contaminantsBiological contaminantsHuman health risksWaterborne diseasesWater quality |
| spellingShingle | Ahsan Shah Arun Arjunan Ahmad Baroutaji Julia Zakharova A review of physicochemical and biological contaminants in drinking water and their impacts on human health Water Science and Engineering Drinking water contaminants Physicochemical contaminants Biological contaminants Human health risks Waterborne diseases Water quality |
| title | A review of physicochemical and biological contaminants in drinking water and their impacts on human health |
| title_full | A review of physicochemical and biological contaminants in drinking water and their impacts on human health |
| title_fullStr | A review of physicochemical and biological contaminants in drinking water and their impacts on human health |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review of physicochemical and biological contaminants in drinking water and their impacts on human health |
| title_short | A review of physicochemical and biological contaminants in drinking water and their impacts on human health |
| title_sort | review of physicochemical and biological contaminants in drinking water and their impacts on human health |
| topic | Drinking water contaminants Physicochemical contaminants Biological contaminants Human health risks Waterborne diseases Water quality |
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