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5. Surface water treatment plants
5.1 Main problems encountered in surface water intended for drinking water supply
For surface waters (rivers and natural or dammed lakes), quality is very rarely excellent, and the problems encountered are of three types:
common problems of natural origin (turbidity and SS, iron, manganese, aluminium, MON, bacteria, algae, low minerality);
increasingly frequent problems of anthropogenic origin (nitrates, pesticides, pharmaceutical residues, endocrine disruptors and other organic micropollutants, metals, pathogenic bacteria and viruses, organic matter from urban and industrial waste, etc.);
treatment and distribution problems (THMs, chlorites, bromates, lead, acrylamide,...
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Bibliography
Periodical publications
Techniques – Sciences – Méthodes (TSM). Monthly magazine of ASTEE (formerly AGHTM, Paris).
L'Eau, l'Industrie, les Nuisances. Éditions Johanet, Paris.
European Journal of Hydrology. ASEES, Fac. de Pharmacie, Paris.
The CEBEDEAU Tribune. Liège (Belgium).
CR of the Journées Information Eau. JIE, even years, APTEN/ESIP,...
Legislation
Decree no. 2003-461 of May 2003 concerning certain regulatory provisions of the Public Health Code.
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