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This chapter contains the findings of the Subcommittee on Adsorption of the National Research Council's Safe Drinking Water Committee, which studied the efficacy of granular activated carbon (GAC) and related adsorbents in the treatment of drinking water. Some attention is given to an examination of the potential health effects related to the use of these adsorbents, but detailed toxicological
Introduction. The total volume of freshwater on Earth far outweighs the human demands. Out of the overall water resources on Earth, about 97% can be found in the oceans while the remaining 3% remains available for direct exploitation; however, out of this 3%, the quantity of water that is available for use by humans is estimated at one-hundredth (Eakin and Sharman 2010; Gleick 1993).