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Drinking water

Drinking water or potable water is water that is safe for ingestion, either when drunk directly in liquid form or consumed indirectly through food preparation. It is often supplied through taps, in which case it is also called tap water.

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Quality

Health issues due to low quality

Treatment

Global access

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Drinking water

Nodes212
Edges211
Triples232
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009434
Components1

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Drinking water

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related to Examples of poor drinking water quality incidents · 35
Drinking water → Bangladesh, Bergen, Broad Street, California, Campylobacter, Canada, Chromium-6, Contamination, Denmark, Escherichia, FinlandIn, Flint, GeorgiaIn, H7, Hinkley, Hundreds, In, Israel, Jackson, John Snow
related to Drinking water quality standards · 23
Drinking water → Agency, China, Drinking, Environmental Protection, EPA, European Commission, European Drinking Water Directive, Even, For, GB3838-2002, In Europe, Many, Ministry, Routine, Safe Drinking Water Act, Two, Type II, United States, United States Environmental Protection, Water
related to External links · 20
Drinking water → Archived, CDC, Disease Control, Drinking-water, February, General, Ground, Ground Water, Guidelines, Healthy Water, November, OW, Prevention, Retrieved, September, US Centers, US Environmental Protection Agency, US EPA, WHO, WHO Guidelines
related to Global access · 16
Drinking water → According, By, Countries, East, Greywater, In, In Sub-Saharan Africa, Its, Latin America, One, Other, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Typically, WHO, World Health Organization
related to United States · 16
Drinking water → Act, Americans, Consumer Confidence Reports, Drinking, Eight, Enforcement, Environmental Protection Agency, In, MCLs, Over, States, The Safe Drinking Water, Treatment Technique, United States, US, US EPA
related to European Union · 13
Drinking water → Community, Council, Directive, Drinking Water Inspectorate, Each, EC, EU, European Parliament, For, October, This, UK, Water Quality Regulations
related to Global monitoring of access · 13
Drinking water → Access, Halve, JMP, MDG, Millennium Development Goal, Program, Sanitation, Sources, Target, The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring, These, United Nations, Water Supply
related to Parameters to monitor quality · 11
Drinking water → Additional, Coli, Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Legionella, Microbial, Microbiological, Originally, Parameters, The, Vibrio
related to Usage for drinking · 11
Drinking water → Active, Adequate Intake, Americans, Authority, Exercise, In, It, The, The European Food Safety, United States, US
related to Health issues due to low quality · 10
Drinking water → According, Ban Ki-moon, Contaminated, For, More, One, The, The World Health Organization, WASH, WHO

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Drinking wateris aenvironmental health concern0.90text
Cryptosporidium sp.instance ofAdditional contaminants include protozoan oocysts0.80text
Giardia lambliainstance ofAdditional contaminants include protozoan oocysts0.80text
Legionellainstance ofAdditional contaminants include protozoan oocysts0.80text
and virusesinstance ofAdditional contaminants include protozoan oocysts0.80text
acute respiratory infectionsinstance ofThis makes them more vulnerable to other diseases0.80text
malariainstance ofThis makes them more vulnerable to other diseases0.80text
dental fluorosisinstance ofcan have serious undesirable consequences0.80text
enamel mottleinstance ofcan have serious undesirable consequences0.80text
skeletal fluorosisinstance ofcan have serious undesirable consequences0.80text
bone deformities in childreninstance ofcan have serious undesirable consequences0.80text
Christchurchinstance ofOnly a few large urban areas0.80text

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