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Showing posts with label PMEU. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PMEU. Show all posts

Sunday, December 02, 2007

MDBP | Safewater Home | Water | US EPA

Helge: We have a case at the Nokia municipality with the mixture of water from a water treatment plant mixed with drinking water. A big number of the population had to visit hospital duer to infection.

There are a variety of bacteria, parasites, and viruses which can cause health problems when humans ingest them in drinking water.

Testing water for each of these germs would be difficult and expensive. Instead, water quality and public health workers measure for the presence of bacteria in dinking water using coliform bacteria as an indicator.

* Indicator, I see...

The presence of any coliforms in drinking water suggests that there may be disease-causing agents in the water.

* More extensive testing starts...

The Total Coliform Rule (TCR), which was published in 1989, set both health goals (MCLGs) and legal limits (MCLs) for the presence of total coliforms in drinking water.

* How about PMEU?

The rule also details the type and frequency of testing that water systems must undertake. The rule applies to all public water systems.


This site provides information about microbial pathogens and disinfection byproducts as related to drinking water.

Introduction

In many cases, source water from a lake, river, reservoir or ground water aquifer needs to be disinfected to inactivate (or kill) microbial pathogens.

Microbial pathogens include a few types of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and other organisms. Some pathogens are often found in water, frequently as a result of:

  • Fecal matter from sewage discharges
  • Leaking septic tanks
  • Runoff from animal feedlots into bodies of water

To protect drinking water from these pathogens, water suppliers often add a disinfectant to drinking water such as chlorine. However, disinfectant practices can be problematic because:

  • Certain microbial pathogens, such as Cryptosporidium, are highly resistant to traditional disinfection practices.

  • Disinfectants themselves can react with naturally-occurring materials in the water to form byproducts, such as trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, which may pose health risks.

A major challenge for water suppliers is how to balance the risks from microbial pathogens and disinfection byproducts. It is important to provide protection from microbial pathogens while simultaneously minimizing health risks to the population from disinfection byproducts.

There are several existing and future rules that are designed to achieve these goals.

This web site is designed to provide you with information about microbial pathogens, disinfection byproducts, existing and future rules, as well as guidance materials and background information."




Friday, November 16, 2007

Digesting Wood and Food



Bio-expertise has broad applications:
  1. The complete use of renewable natural resources
  2. The development of bioproduction
  3. New biotechnological product introductions
  4. The development of pharmaceuticals
  5. New measurement methods and diagnostics
  6. Management and modeling of biological knowledge
  7. Multidisciplinary synergy and new disciplines
We've made substantial efforts to strengthen the "IBM" expertise and competence in the biofield. The next step is to turn this knowledge and expertise into practice and practical applications.

The efficient use of renewable natural resources lays the ground both for modernizing traditional industry and for strengthening competitiveness in the forest sector and the production of biofuels and other new products.

In the future, plant biomass will account for a significant proportion of the new raw materials used in industry.

We use the strong basic know-how in the use of large volumes of biomass provides a solid platform for the practical application of new bio-expertise.

Finland itself is a small market, but it may well emerge as a significant center of biotechnology and production. The high-level of research provides and excellent foundation.

However, the business sector that works to convert this research into commercial products has been relatively weak. This will change with the introduction of new operational tools that takes unique services closer to the traditional customers.




Tuesday, October 16, 2007

International Biotechnology Microbiology

Helge V. Keitel digitalvillages Had a phone call about biotech future possibilities. With oil $100 barrel, new opportunities are rising, International Biotech Microbiology!

Yes, today has been intensive on the Internet. First visitors from Moskow, Russia. Inida is rising. I try to figure out why the Swedish map is relatively quiet. The examples and cases are from US and Finland.

I need to re-think the content. Paper Machines are receiving global attention. But, the food industry is the biggest industrial sector in Europe. I thought auto-manufacturing would be number one.

  • The fact is, we still need more food, water, milk and cheese than autos
  • Biocides for paper machines
  • Bioreactors
  • Nalco
  • BMI
  • Kemira