Water Technology Lecture 14: Drinking Water Quality, Perceptions, problems and the future

Abstract

This is the a supplementary lecture in the course Water Technology dealing with managing drinking water quality. This is a PowerPoint lecture which is free to use and modify. It was designed to be used in conjunction with the course text Gray, N.F. (2017) Water Science and Technology: An Introduction, published by CRC Press, Oxford. In the lecture the following are explored: wholesomeness, consumer complaints, water supplies, water regulation, OFWAT, problems, emerging problems, water safety plans, sources of drinking water contamination, water security plans, water demand management, supply-side management, demand-side management, metering.