HDT 51b: Pumping water with non-conventional energy Eng. David Chavez Muñoz, professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Resident at CEPIS. September 1992 Spanish version: HDT 51b: Bombeo de agua con energias no convencionales Solar Energy Equipment Solar energy reaches the ground surface in the form of radiant energy. In some areas, the radiation reaches […]
Water Quality, Sanitation Technology for the Americas
THE HEALTH-PROMOTING WORKPLACE
MAKING IT HAPPEN The World Health Organization (WHO) considers the workplace a priority setting for health promotion in the 21st century. Like other settings where WHO has developed health-promoting initiatives (schools, cities, hospitals, marketplaces), the workplace can have a very positive impact on the health and well-being of workers, their families, communities and society at […]
Sobre el Repamar
English version: About Repamar REPAMAR La Red Panamericana de Manejo Ambiental de Residuos – REPAMAR es una iniciativa regional cuyos propósitos son minimizar la producción de residuos, mejorar el manejo ambiental de los mismos y contribuir al desarrollo económico sustentable. REPAMAR propone integrar los esfuerzos de los sectores involucrados en la seguridad ambiental: el sector productivo […]
Qué es REPIDISCA?
Qué es REPIDISCA? English version: What is REPIDISCA? La Red Panamericana de Información en Salud Ambiental (REPIDISCA) establecida en 1982 tiene como objetivo difundir información disponible sobre: Salud ambiental Epidemiologia ambiental Toxicología ambiental Ingeniería sanitaria y ambiental Abastecimiento de agua Aguas residuales Residuos sólidos Residuos peligrosos Salud ocupacional REPIDISCA selecciona y analiza material bibliográfico, poniendo especial […]
HDT 51c: Pumping water with non-conventional energy
HDT 51c: Pumping water with non-conventional energy Eng. David Chavez Muñoz, professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Resident at CEPIS. September 1992 Spanish version: HDT 51c: Bombeo de agua con energias no convencionales Other equipment: hand pumps Piston pump Rope pump Animal traction pump Piston pump There are numerous types of pumps like this. […]
Transport and fate of contaminants in the subsurface
In: Handbook ground water; volume II, methodology Environmental Protection Agency Introduction Protection and remediation of ground-water resources require an understanding of processes that affect fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface environment. This understanding allows: (1) prediction of the time of arrival and concentration of contaminants at a receptor, such as a monitoring well, […]
Efficient use of water
Efficient Use Of Water By: Felipe I. Arreguin Cortés / Mexican Institute of Water Technology, CNA Spanish version: Uso eficiente del agua This article describes the techniques for efficient water usage in home, industrial, municipal, agricultural and basin level areas. Their advantages and disadvantages are discussed as well as its potential savings and some related examples […]
About Repamar
Spanish version: Sobre el Repamar REPAMAR The Pan American Network of Environmental Management of Waste (REPAMAR) is a regional initiative whose purpose is the minimization of waste production, to improve the environmentally adequate management of the waste in order to contribute to sustainable human development. REPAMAR proposes in integrating the efforts of the sectors involved in […]
Use of total organic carbon as an indicator of contamination from an oil refinery, south-central Kansas
By: Timothy B. Spruill In: Ground water monitoring review, vol.8, No. 3 Abstract Water samples collected from 26 sites at an abandoned oil refinery in south-central Kansas were analyzed for total organic carbon (TOC) and specific volatile and semivolatile organic compounds by gas-chromatography/mass-spectrometric methods. Results from a Spearman-rho correlation analysis between TOC concentration and the […]
HDT 59: Uso De Aguas Residuales
HDT 59: Uso De Aguas Residuales Julio Moscoso, Asesor CEPIS en uso de Aguas Residuales. Guillermo León, Asesor CEPIS en Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales. Setiembre 1994. English version: HDT 59: Wastewater Use Indice general Disposición y uso indiscriminado de las aguas residuales Tratamiento y uso sanitario de las aguas residuales Uso de aguas residuales en acuicultura […]