Water Quality and Water Delivery Systems

Water is essential to sustain an animal's physiological and biochemical processes, and therefore necessary to sustain life. Water can be found within all tissues and cells and is the intracellular and extracellular medium where physiologic processes are carried out. Domestic water supplies orig...

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Published inManagement of Animal Care and Use Programs in Research, Education, and Testing pp. 655 - 672
Main Authors Allen, E. Douglas, Czarra, Edgar F., DeTolla, Louis
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published CRC Press 2017
Edition2
Subjects
Sterilization Cycle
Water Treatment Options
Water Disinfectant
Manifold Designs
Animal Care
Animal Drinking Water
RO Membrane
Laboratory Animal Research
UF Membrane
Laboratory Animal
UV Reactor
Laboratory Animal Science
RO System
Community Water System Wells
Automated Watering Systems
Steam Sterilization
UF System
Water Delivery
Domestic Water Supply
Activated Carbon Filtration
Type 316L Stainless Steel
Animal Drinking
IVC
Chlorine Compounds
Water Delivery Systems
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Summary:Water is essential to sustain an animal's physiological and biochemical processes, and therefore necessary to sustain life. Water can be found within all tissues and cells and is the intracellular and extracellular medium where physiologic processes are carried out. Domestic water supplies originate from either surface water or groundwater. Surface water originates from streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Groundwater originates from surface water, which penetrates the earth's crust, is collected in aquifers, and is accessed through community water system wells. Drinking water providers treat source water in a variety of ways to produce a potable product before distribution through the municipal supply. Although the potable product delivered to research facilities may be of sufficient quality for human consumption, it may not be of adequate quality for laboratory animal consumption. The number and type of filters to use is dependent on the volume of water to be treated, whether water must be filtered continuously or in batches, etc.
ISBN:9781498748445
1498748449
DOI:10.1201/9781315152189-28