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Assessment of qualitative indicators of drinking water and their influence on human health, as ecological safety factor of population
Summary
This study assessed drinking water quality in the Lower Don region of Russia, focusing on cyanobacterial toxins produced by blue-green algae as indicators of water safety. Maintaining safe drinking water is a broader public health concern tied to the challenge of managing water pollution.
Based on the results of experimental studies of the cyanobacteria and toxins properties, produced byblue-green algae, was assessed the quality of drinking water according to organoleptic characteristics in the area of the Lower Don geosystem. Experimental data on the properties of cyanobacteria and toxinsproduced by blue-green algae are presented in this study. Based on the results of research at the pilotplant, the basics of drinking water purification technology in the water dipper from blue-green algae have been developed, which to some extent helps to increase the environmental safety of drinking water in urban systems and settlements.
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