The alarming rise in drinking water pollution across the U.S. is often attributed to cost cutting pressures faced by … present a new theory to argue that an important contributor to recent drinking water emergencies is the collapse of the … municipal bond insurance industry. Public water infrastructure has traditionally been financed using municipal debt partly …

Abstract Safe drinking water remains inaccessible for about 1.1 billion people in the world, and the hourly toll from … biological contamination of drinking water is 400 deaths of children (below age 5). This paper reviews the general guidelines for … drinking water quality and the scale of the global problem. It reviews the various water disinfection technologies that may be …