Make the Most of Water Taste Tests

Opflow ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-24
Author(s):  
Gary A. Burlingame
Keyword(s):  
Water Taste

A Study on the Water Taste Evaluation of Spring Waters in the Korean Tea Literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Pyong in Lee ◽  
Jung hwan Kwon ◽  
Young kyoung Yi
Keyword(s):  
Taste Evaluation ◽  
Water Taste

scholarly journals FACTORS WATER CHARACTERISTIC AS PREDICTING DIARRHEA UNDER 5 YEARS

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Nugroho Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Absorption Data ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Unsafe Water ◽  
Disease Study ◽  
Water Taste ◽  
Diarrhea Disease

Risk Factors diarrhea deaths associated to unsafe water and inadequate sanitation. Water supply is very important to decrease of diarrhea disease. Living around canal is a one of risk diarrhea incident. Improved water sanitation, water facilities, and hygiene water decrease of diarrhea disease. Study aims to know dominant factor related water sanitation which is more appropriate than diarrhea in volcano area disaster. Study design used cross sectional community-based survey. Population and sample size were required 1142 household. Data collected such as sufficient of water source, water colored, smelly water, taste water, water cooked, distance of absorption. Data were analyzed performed using SPSS. Data analysis performed a descriptive analysis, statistic test with chi square and logistic regression with confidence interval 95%. Study that sufficient of water 97.2%, no water colored 98.4%, no smelly water (95.3%), no taste water 95.4%, water cooked 98.2%, distance of absorption 11 meter 78%. Risk factor for diarrhea such as taste water OR = 7.3 (3.7-14.4), smelly water OR = 6.9 (3.5-13.6) and distance of absorption OR = 3.4 (2.0-5.7). Factor highest contribution for diarrhea is distance absorption (Exp β = 1.70 CI; 1.701-4.906). Distance absorption 11 meters is main factor contributing for diarrhea. Factor dominant contribution for diarrhea is distance of absorption 11 meter.

scholarly journals Barriers and Enabling Factors for Central and Household Level Water Treatment in a Refugee Setting: A Mixed-Method Study among Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3149
Author(s):  
Mahbub-Ul Alam ◽  
Leanne Unicomb ◽  
S.M. Monirul Ahasan ◽  
Nuhu Amin ◽  
Debashish Biswas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Water Chlorination ◽  
Water Taste

Water chlorination is widely used in emergency responses to reduce diarrheal diseases, although communities with no prior exposure to chlorinated drinking water can have low acceptability. To better inform water treatment interventions, the study explored acceptability, barriers, and motivating-factors of a piped water chlorination program, and household level chlorine-tablet distribution, in place for four months in Rohingya refugee camps, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. We collected data from June to August 2018 from four purposively selected refugee camps using structured observation, key-informant-interviews, transect-walks, group discussions, focus-group discussions, and in-depth-interviews with males, females, adolescent girls, and community leaders. Smell and taste of chlorinated water were commonly reported barriers among the population that had previously consumed groundwater. Poor quality source-water and suboptimal resultant treated-water, and long-queues for water collection were common complaints. Chlorine-tablet users reported inadequate and interrupted tablet supply, and inconsistent information delivered by different organisations caused confusion. Respondents reported fear of adverse-effects of "chemicals/medicine" used to treat water, especially fear of religious conversion. Water treatment options were reported as easy-to-use, and perceived health-benefits were motivating-factors. In vulnerable refugee communities, community and religious-leaders can formulate and deliver messages to address water taste and smell, instil trust, allay fears, and address rumours/misinformation to maximise early uptake.

Kinetic and mechanistic investigation of water taste and odor compound 2-isopropyl-3-methoxy pyrazine degradation using UV-A/Chlorine process

2020 ◽  
Vol 732 ◽  
pp. 138404
Author(s):  
Maria Antonopoulou ◽  
Nikolaos Ioannidis ◽  
Triantafyllos Kaloudis ◽  
Theodoros M. Triantis ◽  
Anastasia Hiskia
Keyword(s):  
Taste And Odor ◽  
Mechanistic Investigation ◽  
Water Taste

scholarly journals Water treatment in rural Guatemala: factors associated with the use of biosand water filters

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-297
Author(s):  
Chi-Fang Wu ◽  
Lissette M. Piedra ◽  
Lenore E. Matthew ◽  
Emily C. Rhodes ◽  
Thanh H. Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Health Beliefs ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Adoption Of Technology ◽  
Point Of Use ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Actual Filter ◽  
Water Taste ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Interviewer Observations ◽  
Water Filters

Abstract Point-of-use water filters are a means to provide clean water vital to the health of people in developing countries. The factors that influence the adoption of this technology include hygiene knowledge, health beliefs related to the use of new technology, and technical issues with using the filter (e.g., water taste and breakage). This study examines how people in Mayan communities in rural Guatemala perceived biosand filters they had received and what factors related to their filter use. Based on the survey and interviewer observations, approximately 53% were regular filter users, 28% were irregular filter users, and 19.4% were non-filter users. The observational data revealed that actual filter use is lower than self-reported use, reflecting complexities in the adoption of technology. One such complexity can be seen in the connection between health beliefs and behavior. The belief that believing drinking filtered water is salubrious does not necessarily coincide with filter use, but education and hygienic practices correlated with regular filter use. Furthermore, regular users typically depend on family members for a daily reminder to use the filter, suggesting that education should foster peer support as well as imparting knowledge.

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