• This is an important tool in the surveillance and control of infectious diseases," Dr. Sanghera emphasizes. (genengnews.com)
  • Hazardous waste, existing as solid waste or a combination of solid waste, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, is considered a reservoir for disease-transmitting organisms contributing to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious illnesses. (org.in)
  • Tracking mobile phone data is often associated with privacy issues, but these vast datasets could be the key to understanding how infectious diseases are spread seasonally, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (enn.com)
  • Infectious and often fatal bacterial disease which was widespread in 19th century Britain. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Following the 1993 Milwaukee outbreak of waterborne cryptosporidiosis, drinking water districts and public health agencies in California grew increasingly concerned about the risk of waterborne infectious diseases from livestock grazing on coastal, foothill, and Sierra Nevada watersheds. (ucdavis.edu)
  • The burden of foodborne and waterborne disease is not uniformly distributed globally: because of the inequitable distribution of the world's resources some countries carry a disproportionately heavy burden of infectious disease, and what is considered a re-emergent pathogen in one location may be endemic in another. (who.int)
  • They are now the most commonly reported bacterial cause of infectious intestinal diseases in the United Kingdom and most other industrialized countries [4]. (who.int)
  • Abstract Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an infectious disease predominant in countries located in the tropics. (bvsalud.org)
  • The prediction of occurrence of infectious diseases through epidemiologic modeling has revealed to be an important tool in the understanding of its occurrence dynamic. (bvsalud.org)
  • Dengue is an acute systemic viral infectious disease, established worldwide in epidemic and endemic transmission cycles. (bvsalud.org)
  • The spectrum of infectious disease is changing tify infectious disease threats and respond to them rapidly in conjunction with dramatic changes in our effectively. (cdc.gov)
  • infectious fect our risk of exposure to the infectious agents diseases can and do spread rapidly around the with which we share our environment. (cdc.gov)
  • In partnership with local and state public health infectious diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • The President's Health Security Act of 1993 ad- health professional associations, infectious disease dresses the need for universal health care coverage experts from academia and clinical practice, and in- as well as the need to enhance community-based ternational and public service organizations, the public health strategies. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC to work in collaboration with its partners in venting infectious diseases must be a high priority safeguarding this nation from the threat of emerg- in a reformed health care system and requires close ing infectious diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • By 1902 it became apparent that the sedimentation process in the several reservoirs was not effective against pathogens such as bacteria, and was therefore not sufficiently protective of public health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Other companies are interested in sequencing to understand antimicrobial resistance, identify airborne pathogens and bioterror threats, and elucidate the relationship between a gene mutation and disease. (genengnews.com)
  • Ecological and climatic changes, human and animal population dynamics are among the several factors that have favoured the spread or the (re)introduction and establishment of "novel" vector species and pathogens they transmit in previously disease-free geographical areas. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Movement of people (for tourism, work, etc.) and increased exchange of goods through a range of types of transportation (e.g. containers, aircraft cargoes) may play a crucial role for the (re)introduction and establishment of "novel" vector species and pathogens in previously disease free areas [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Treating municipal wastewater for potable reuse involves using a variety of technologies to clean it and remove disease-causing organisms, called pathogens. (bigthink.com)
  • Chlorine is a disinfectant that acts as 'health insurance' against the possible occurrence of disease-causing organisms called pathogens. (redmond.gov)
  • A number of newly recognized pathogens have been identified as major agents in causing foodborne and waterborne disease, including Campylobacter spp. (who.int)
  • The role of the hospital environment as a reservoir of potential pathogens has received increasing attention. (bvsalud.org)
  • Project construction will continue until November 1, 2020, with the Boca Reservoir to operate without construction interruptions during 2020. (waterpowermagazine.com)
  • The dam creates Boca Reservoir with a capacity of about 40,000 acre-feet. (waterpowermagazine.com)
  • Boca Reservoir will operate without construction interruptions during 2020. (sierrabooster.com)
  • In 1907 the reservoir and filtration plant were named in honor of Senator James McMillan of Michigan, who chaired the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia and supported development of the water supply facilities. (wikipedia.org)
  • The principal features of the waterworks plant will be the pumping and filtration plant, reservoirs, and a pipe distribution system. (grantspassoregon.gov)
  • A portable sequencer could also assess food quality and help municipal water facilities check reservoirs for contamination. (genengnews.com)
  • Contamination of a municipal water supply with Cryptosporidium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States caused the largest outbreak of waterborne illness in the history of the country, with over 400 000 people affected and over 4000 admitted to hospital. (who.int)
  • Both Atwill and Tate were hired in 1994 and began collaborating soon afterwards on the complex ecology of livestock grazing, rangeland water quality, and the fate and transport of waterborne zoonotic diseases such as C. parvum and Giardia duodenalis . (ucdavis.edu)
  • Yet, these animals also act as mobile virus reservoirs and potential origins and transmission points for numerous zoonotic diseases. (yellowsea-wetland.com)
  • Wild reservoirs include spe- or come from an endemic area [3]. (who.int)
  • 2] In areas with a high incidence, the disease is highly endemic among children, who are reservoirs for disease. (medscape.com)
  • In areas with a low endemicity, the disease rate is low, with the highest incidence among adults who travel to endemic areas, men who have sex with men (MSM), illicit drug users, and persons with chronic liver disease. (medscape.com)
  • The reservoir regulates the Little Truckee River and provides water for irrigation, recreation, fish and wildlife benefits, and municipal and industrial uses in Truckee Meadows. (waterpowermagazine.com)
  • Cases in the US most commonly involve wildlife reservoirs and rabies variants associated with bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes. (indevets.com)
  • Furthermore, a collaborative effort across various departments ensures comprehensive monitoring, detection, evaluation, prevention, and control of diseases originating from wildlife, along with ensuring the sound management of wildlife breeding to prevent outbreaks. (yellowsea-wetland.com)
  • Management of rabies in wildlife is complicated by the ecologic and biologic factors associated with wildlife reservoirs, the multiagency approach needed to manage an important public health problem originating in wildlife, the limitations of available control methods, and the broad range of public attitudes toward wildlife. (cdc.gov)
  • Part of a veterinarian's One Health duty includes ensuring preventative measures to protect our pets and pet parents, friends, family, and society from an easily preventable yet deadly disease: Rabies. (indevets.com)
  • As a proponent of One Health, I would be remiss in not writing about rabies, a lethal yet preventable viral disease. (indevets.com)
  • Australia doesn't have the disease in terrestrial mammals but does have bat rabies. (indevets.com)
  • Rabies remains one of the most fatal diseases known, with near 100% fatality rates. (indevets.com)
  • Where measures of carnivore abundance exist, the incidence of rabies in animals (presumably all species) is often positively associated with the increasing density of a dominant reservoir species. (cdc.gov)
  • Spillover of infection from the dominant reservoir of a region to other species has been documented,2 but the processes by which new variants and epizootics of rabies virus emerge in different reservoir species are unknown. (cdc.gov)
  • After an epizootic has abated, terrestrial reservoir populations decrease, and reports of rabies in animals in a given locale can decline precipitously. (cdc.gov)
  • This title demonstrates how the city helped beat cholera, typhoid and other water-borne diseases, factories and cotton mills in the valleys around Manchester. (kennys.ie)
  • And once water has been used, it needs to be properly disposed of or it can exacerbate the spread of diseases such as cholera and even contaminate clean water. (asinstitute.org)
  • Without it, they would be at risk of contracting water-borne diseases like cholera. (comment.org)
  • It helped quell typhoid epidemics and other communicable diseases throughout the city. (wikipedia.org)
  • Epidemics of mosquito-borne diseases were once common in the United States. (msstate.edu)
  • To enhance monitoring and prevention of epidemics and diseases, the Yancheng Municipal Government has instituted measures such as daily monitoring and early warning, information reporting, emergency response, and promoting scientific literacy. (yellowsea-wetland.com)
  • Mosquito-borne diseases have played an important role in our history. (msstate.edu)
  • Two mosquito-borne diseases, St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) and West Nile virus (WNV) encephalitis, are still serious problems in Mississippi. (msstate.edu)
  • With the elimination of many deadly mosquito-borne diseases from the United States, our control efforts are now mainly aimed at pest mosquitoes rather than disease vectors. (msstate.edu)
  • Mosquito control continues to be an important program in public health because of the presence of WNV and SLE, as well as the potential for the reintroduction of other mosquito-borne diseases into Mississippi. (msstate.edu)
  • As mosquito borne diseases like malaria, chikungunya and dengue, etc., spread over 70% out of 12,411 respondents in the first poll shared their dismay at the fact that the local municipal corporation/panchayat have not conducted any anti-mosquito fogging in the last six weeks. (localcircles.com)
  • To the next question whether they or any of their family members had fallen ill due to mosquito borne diseases in the last three years, 17% respondents out of 10,698 admitted to having suffered. (localcircles.com)
  • Of which 4% respondents claimed that mosquito borne diseases have impacted them or their family members multiple times. (localcircles.com)
  • In summary, the LocalCircles survey has found that there is no effort being put in by many municipal corporations/ panchayats to protect people from mosquito borne diseases as in the last 45 days most have not undertaken the fogging exercise to contain mosquito breeding. (localcircles.com)
  • It was worth noting that our study revealed a high abundance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in viral genomes, suggesting that viruses were key reservoirs of ARGs in AS systems. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The differential diagnosis includes other forms of viral hepatitis including mononucleosis and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections, autoimmune disease, and widespread systemic infection with liver failure. (medscape.com)
  • Patients presenting with jaundice during pregnancy often require a workup to differentiate obstructive gall bladder or bile duct disease, severe preeclampsia, HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, low platelet count), or acute fatty liver of pregnancy from viral hepatitis. (medscape.com)
  • In hepatitis A disease, feces contain the highest concentration of HAV viral particles, and viral excretion is highest late in the incubation and early in the prodromal phase. (medscape.com)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. (cdc.gov)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot attest to the accuracy of a non-federal website. (cdc.gov)
  • It is not uncommon for people who live close to individuals with pediculosis, to also acquire the disease ( CDC 2019 CDC - CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. (scielo.br)
  • The US Bureau of Reclamation is to resume a seismic safety modification project at Boca Dam near Truckee in California today, following its seasonal closure in November 2019, with social distancing guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other COVID-19 precautions to be followed during construction. (waterpowermagazine.com)
  • Your Drinking Water: RO systems are recommended by the US Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the most effective ways of protecting residential drinking water. (naturalhealthtechniques.com)
  • DEM and RIDOH gratefully acknowledge the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for sending an employee to Rhode Island to assist in trapping mosquitoes and surveillance efforts. (ri.gov)
  • Social distancing guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other COVID-19 precautions will be followed during construction. (sierrabooster.com)
  • From the Centers fo r Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, G A 30333 (Hanlon, Childs), and the S outheastern Cooperative W ildlife Disease Study, College o f V eterinary Medicine, University o f G eorgia, Athens, G A 30602-7393 (Nettles). (cdc.gov)
  • The following is a slide presentation on HAV from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (medscape.com)
  • These systems store the surplus water in reservoirs or artificially recharge it to the aquifer for later use during the dry season. (avital.rs)
  • Direct potable reuse is the process of taking wastewater and treating it to drinking water standards without using a reservoir or aquifer as an environmental intermediary. (bigthink.com)
  • The idea is to remove any accumulated excess organic material in the sand/gravel bed, top of the filter, or tank that could degrade your water quality, serve as a breeding ground for bacteria or a reservoir for disease, or otherwise be stressing your seahorses. (seahorse.com)
  • The Biology and Taxonomy of Head and Body Lice-Implications for Louse-Borne Disease Prevention. (scielo.br)
  • First of all, life was pretty short -- chances were high that you would die of a communicable disease, an injury, an infected cut, or in childbirth *long* before you reached a point where simple aging was a health problem. (holdthetoast.com)
  • A disproportionate number of prisoners come from socio-economically disadvantaged populations where the burden of disease may be already high and access to medical care limited e.g. substance abusers, homeless, mentally ill, ethnic minorities, asylum seekers, immigrants. (citizen-news.org)
  • Infections frequently occur as water-borne outbreaks and the percent of people with symptomatic disease appears much higher ( 213 ). (antimicrobe.org)
  • Dry, stressed forests make trees vulnerable to disease, insect outbreaks and die-offs as well. (sltrib.com)
  • HIV infection and other pathology more common in prisons (e.g. malnutrition, substance abuse) encourage the development of active disease and further transmission of infection. (citizen-news.org)
  • Several foodborne and waterborne diseases have emerged in the past two decades as a consequence of changes in etiological agents, hosts and the environment. (who.int)
  • The disease is transmitted via the fecal-oral route from infected hosts. (medscape.com)
  • Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based therapy for the treatment of autoimmune diseases has demonstrated a particular promise after its successful applications in both animal models and patients. (nature.com)
  • however, it has not been tested in autoimmune diseases including uveitis. (nature.com)
  • To handle population growth and municipal sanitation needs, the city built the McMillan Sand Filtration Site in 1905. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tells the story of how Manchester built the world's first municipal water supply in the Longendale Valley in the 1840s - 70s. (kennys.ie)
  • More rapid runoff is problematic because Utah's reservoirs and municipal water supply systems are designed to capture more gradual melting. (sltrib.com)
  • In many areas, the municipal water supply has undesirable levels of amines, silicates, phosphates or nitrates, and in the United States, it is always chlorinated and fluoridated, so be sure to dechlorinate/detoxify the water using one of the many commercially unavailable aquarium products designed for that purpose when you add it to the aquarium. (seahorse.com)
  • Mississippi has several mosquito species, such as Anopheles quadrimaculatus , that could transmit the disease agent to people should malaria ever become reestablished in our state. (msstate.edu)
  • Can contaminated dental unit waterlines transmit disease? (cdc.gov)
  • G. lamblia is the most commonly identified intestinal protozoan and is a common cause of diarrheal disease throughout the world. (antimicrobe.org)
  • However, increasing travel by U.S. citizens into countries where dengue fever and malaria are prevalent and people from those countries immigrating into the United States increase the likelihood of these diseases being reintroduced. (msstate.edu)
  • This disease affects people worldwide, especially children of school age, because of their habitual closer contact, which contributes towards transmission ( Devera 2012 DEVERA R. 2012. (scielo.br)
  • Over 300 million people depend on these plants for municipal, industrial, and agricultural purposes. (iadb.org)
  • Princeton University and Harvard University researchers used anonymous mobile phone records for more than 15 million people to track the spread of rubella in Kenya and were able to quantitatively show for the first time that mobile phone data can predict seasonal disease patterns. (enn.com)
  • Children, older adults, people with heart or lung disease and people living in poverty may be most at risk from the health impacts of climate change. (enn.com)
  • Approximately 200 people met last week to discuss reservoir single track trail restrictions. (baltimorespokes.org)
  • And with so many people in proximity, wealth alone couldn't provide protection from contagious disease. (comment.org)
  • RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: The number of people with diabetes and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is increasing worldwide, but it is unknown whether this indicates an increasing risk for ESKD in people with diabetes. (cdc.gov)
  • The incidence among people affected by specific diseases, such as noncommunicable diseases, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, was generally higher. (bvsalud.org)
  • The southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus , is believed to be the most important vector of these two diseases. (msstate.edu)
  • As key examples of the changing pattern of distribution of canine vector borne diseases (CVBDs), the current distribution of canine leishmaniosis (CanL) by Leishmania infantum and dirofilariosis by Dirofilaria immitis causing heart worm disease (HW) in Italy is discussed on the basis of retrospective historical reports until the 90's and later on until 2009. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The global spread of parasitic arthropods and of canine vector borne diseases (CVBDs) have no more boundaries across the planet. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, active surveillance was established at the Kananga Municipal Hospital and Kananga Rural Health Unit, which reported on vector-borne diseases, tetanus and diarrhoea. (who.int)
  • Water has been identified as the origin of many epidemic diseases, and an uncontaminated supply is a requisite to public health. (grantspassoregon.gov)
  • In close cooperation with ANR advisors and UC faculty, the two crafted an interdisciplinary research and outreach program that developed beneficial management practices (BMPs) that could be used by private land owners, municipal water districts, public health agencies, and resource conservation districts to mitigate these and other waterborne hazards. (ucdavis.edu)
  • 17 Council Plan and Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan, the AFS responds to our ageing population by creating an environment to enable our residents to live in security, maintain their health, and be able to fully participate and be an integral part of the community. (who.int)
  • Council's Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan (MPHWP) aims to improve the health and wellbeing of the Cardinia Shire community where they work, learn, live and play. (who.int)
  • This concern reached the point that agencies such as the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and the East Bay Municipal Utility District proposed substantial reductions of all grazing on the assumption that livestock herds were defecating unacceptable amounts of the protozoal parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum , into surface water sources. (ucdavis.edu)
  • Symptomatic and symptom-free human carriers are presumed to be the principal reservoir for EPEC, EIEC and ETEC. (who.int)
  • Disease-causing microorganisms found in untreated dental unit water include Legionella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa , and nontuberculous Mycobacteria . (cdc.gov)
  • I've driven by the large reservoir northeast of the city and ridden my mountain bike along the Sudbury Aqueduct. (comment.org)
  • Although these diseases have disappeared from Mississippi, their mosquito vectors (carriers) have not. (msstate.edu)
  • Contagious and sometimes fatal disease, common in the 18th and 19th centuries. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Tap water is usually provided by a municipal water service and is sourced from local water reserves, including lakes, streams, rivers or reservoirs. (weswater.com)
  • In addition to preventing flood damage, good drainage and flood control systems limit the waste of clean water, and stop the spread of disease caused by water build-up in stagnant ponds. (avital.rs)
  • There, the sequencer analyzed samples of the virus and provided near-real-time results giving researchers clues to how the disease spread. (genengnews.com)
  • Disease spread by the ingestion of water or food contaminated by vibrio cholerae germs. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Prison conditions can fan the spread of disease through overcrowding, poor ventilation, weak nutrition, inadequate or inaccessible medical care, etc. (citizen-news.org)
  • Viruses are also considered to be potential reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and the delivery agents for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of ARGs in the environment [ 7 , 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Humans can only contract these diseases through a bite from an infected mosquito. (ri.gov)
  • The interchange of diseases among wild animals, between wild animals and humans, and between livestock and poultry not only imperils the existence of wild species but also poses risks to human lives and the sustainable growth of the livestock industry. (yellowsea-wetland.com)
  • ACL) is a zoonotic disease that affects structures are the nose, pharynx, mouth The study was carried out at the Re- humans as well as different wild and and larynx. (who.int)
  • Thus, the epidemiology of listeriosis in Africa is less understood, and can lead to underestimation of the disease burden on the continent. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Self-contained water systems (e.g., independent water reservoir) combined with chemical treatment (e.g., periodic or continuous chemical germicide treatment protocols). (cdc.gov)
  • In the rainy northeastern United States, municipal water and sewage systems function as the smallest-scale proof of concept for the value of building out collective systems to provide for our bodily needs-not for nothing is "indoor plumbing" still a metonym for "civilization. (comment.org)
  • As key examples of changing pattern of distribution of CVBDs, here we discuss the current distribution of these diseases, which are regarded among the most important and severe CVBDs of zoonotic concern. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although western Leyte appeared to have suffered less than eastern Leyte and Samar, 1 a lack of disease surveillance reports from this area was a concern. (who.int)
  • Peru uses the water from its five plants for agricultural, industrial, and municipal needs. (iadb.org)
  • In some Canadian watersheds, like the South Saskatchewan River Basin in southern Alberta, licences for new water withdrawals - for municipal, agricultural, industrial or other uses - have reached their limit . (bigthink.com)
  • Among pregnant women in the United States, transmission occurs after emigrating from or traveling to countries with a high incidence of hepatitis A disease. (medscape.com)
  • Union Ministry holds up eco clearance for various projects Main sources of pollution are industries, municipal garbage and hospital waste Industries agree to spend Rs. (org.in)
  • Knowing the fact that not all the small and big clinics and hospitals, both in the government and private sectors, were in a position to segregate medical waste and dispose of it properly, in the 1990s, the then municipal organisation of the city established two incinerators for safe collection and disposal of hospital waste, including hazardous waste. (org.in)
  • Active case finding was conducted by reviewing medical records from Kananga Rural Health Unit and Kananga Municipal Hospital. (who.int)
  • In order to provide a better understanding of the importance of listeria in Africa, there is the need for extensive and coordinated studies using modern molecular-based techniques to characterize the various Listeria species, and to assess the disease epidemiology using the one health concept. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Legislation was being developed to ban cattle and horses from rangeland in the watersheds of various major reservoirs in California. (ucdavis.edu)
  • There are equally important biologic, behavioral, and ecologic differences among carnivores that imply inherent differences in disease control approaches to each major reservoir. (cdc.gov)
  • It was originally called the Howard University Reservoir or the Washington City Reservoir, and was completed in 1902 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (wikipedia.org)
  • The largest reservoir of São Paolo, a city of 22 million residents, lost 75% of its capacity in 2014-15. (iadb.org)
  • The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Reservoir Natural Resources Section Police officers have begun enforcing an old and restrictive 1998 Mountain Biking Plan. (baltimorespokes.org)
  • Please sign this petition to tell Baltimore City's Mayor, the City Council and the Department of Public Works that you want Single Track Trails at Maryland's Loch Raven, Liberty and Pretty Boy Reservoirs to be legally open to ALL users including mountain bikers, hikers, runners, bird watchers and fishermen. (baltimorespokes.org)
  • Residents within City Limits who live on the west side of the Sammamish River drink water from Seattle's Tolt Reservoir, over 20 miles away in the Cascade Mountains east of Duvall. (redmond.gov)
  • Another treatment plant was completed in 1928 adjacent to the Dalecarlia Reservoir using a newer technology, a rapid sand filter. (wikipedia.org)
  • The semi-solid residuals (sludge) produced by the treatment plant are processed at a residuals handling facility located at the Dalecarlia Reservoir. (wikipedia.org)
  • There remains no specific treatment for the disease. (indevets.com)
  • Many arthropods (e.g. ticks, sandflies and mosquitoes) infest dogs both in urban and rural areas, being adapted to survive in indoor and outdoor environments, increasing the risk of emergence or re-emergence of certain metazoonotic diseases [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • from various countries would provide an outlook of the disease in Africa and highlight areas of urgent research needs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • On the positive side, the monsoon replenishes the reservoirs, provides much needed water for agriculture, particularly in rainfed areas, among other benefits like providing relief from summer heat. (localcircles.com)
  • A popular term for a flow of particles which it was believed could cause disease or discomfort when breathed in - such as a disgusting smell, or a cloud of pollution. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Evidently, air pollutants such as Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) as well as ground-level Ozone (O3) do serious harm to human health and cause, for example, lung cancer, respiratory or cardiovascular diseases. (chiangmainayu.org)
  • In the early years of operation the water was routed through the system's two earlier-built reservoirs, Dalecarlia and Georgetown, which were designed to settle sediment out of the water. (wikipedia.org)