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A chemical used by Ancient Egyptians with coagulation properties which decrease suspended particles
What is alum or aluminum sulfate
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formulated hypothesis linking cholera outbreak and a contaminated water source
Who is John Snow
100
Originally thought to be a result of poisonous vapors, this outbreak in London resulted from a contaminated water source
What is cholera
100
This organization set the standards for bacteriological quality of water in 1914 (hint: didn't help general public much)
What is the US Public Health Service
100
Name some methods used to improve the taste and color of drinking water in Ancient times
What is filtering through charcoal, exposing to sunlight, boiling, straining
200
A con of this treatment method is that some microbes are resistant to it
What is chlorination
200
Provided evidence for the Germ Theory of Disease
Who is Louis Pasteur
200
Chlorination is not an effective treatment for this
cryptosporidium, hepatitis, Legionnaire's disease
200
This act was passed in 1974 and established the first comprehensive program to set standards for drinking water quality
What is Safe Drinking Water Act
200
The main driving force for water purification in ancient times - early 1800s
What is turbidity
300
This treatment system was introduced to London in the late 1800s, and in 1909 in Philadelphia
What is slow sand filtration
300
Obtained the first patent for a water filter
Who is Joseph Amy
300
The death rate due to this disease went down significantly following the implementation of sand filtration and chlorination
What is typhoid
300
What does PHS stand for?
What is Public Health Surveillance
300
Name 2 water filtration methods more common from 1980s-2000s
What is 1. reverse osmosis filtration 2. ozonolysis
400
Created by an ancient Greek physician to filter out impurities
What is Hippocrate's Sleeve
400
Who gave this presentation
Who is Katrina
400
Bacteria that causes typhoid fever
What is salmonella typhi
400
US Public Health Service regulated 28 substances and enacted tests that measured total of all organic compounds in this year
When is 1962
400
The Safe Drinking Water resulted in:
What is 1. increase in the number of contaminants regulated 2. increase in the % of community water systems providing treatment