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3. Water in remote areas
The creation of a temporary community in a remote area, such as a building site in a mountainous region or in a Third World country, or a campsite far from any habitation, poses problems for the supply of drinking water and sanitation.
Laying a pipe from the nearest town is out of the question if the cost is prohibitive, and bringing in water by tanker truck is not always possible and is not, in any case, a permanent solution. A water distribution system must therefore be designed for the site.
3.1 Quantitative management
The first step is to find an easily accessible and sufficiently abundant source of water.
We then need to assess overall requirements and the distribution of consumption over time. To do...
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Bibliography
Websites
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UAE – the French union of water treatment professionals
Founded in 1969, the Union française des professionnels du traitement de l'eau is the only professional association in France that brings together all those involved in water treatment in the building industry, from single-family homes to industrial or collective buildings, whether their work involves the point of entry (POE) or the point...
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Batimat Reed Expositions (international construction show) is held every two years in Paris (odd-numbered years).
Standards and norms
- Water testing – Determination of total calcium and magnesium concentration – EDTA titrimetric method. - NF T90-003 - Août 1984
- Water quality – Fluoride ion assay – Potentiometric method. - NF T90-004 - Août 2002
- Water quality – Determination of soluble silicates – Molecular absorption spectrometry method. - NF T90-007 - Février 2001
- Water testing – Determination of sulfate ions – Gravimetric method....
Regulations
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European regulations
Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption.
Directive n° 2014/80/UE of 20/06/14 amending Annex II of Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration....
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