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This book takes a broad and eclectic view of the water that all humanity depends upon, probing its role in human life and in the history of our planet, as well as surveying the latest scientific understanding of purification techniques and standards for the protection of water quality.

The volume opens with a chapter on the role of drinking water in human life, which discusses the planet's water resources, the quality of drinking water, water and health, the advent of water quality standards, "Green" chemistry and more. The chapter concludes by discussing the relationship of the biosphere and human civilization. Chapter Two explores the unique properties of water, the role of water in the scenario of development on Earth. Also covered is the current understanding of the importance of the isotopic composition of water, in particular the ratio of protium to deuterium, which is fundamental to life. The third chapter is devoted to Water Clusters, examining the structure, properties and formation of clusters. Also covered here is theoretical research on the interaction of water clusters with ozone, the impact of temperature on water clusters and more. Chapter Four is devoted to drinking water and factors affecting its quality. Discussion includes ecological and hygienic classification of centralized drinking water supply sources, water quality requirements, and problems and potentialities of drinking water preparation. The author introduces a new concept for supplying the population with high-quality drinking water. The fifth chapter examines the peculiarities and problems of water decontamination, with sections on chlorination, ozonation, the bactericidal effects of ultrasound and ultraviolet rays and more. Chapter Six offers a thorough exploration of the theory, means and methods of bio testing as an evaluation method for the quality of drinking water. The final chapter discusses new state standards for drinking water, as well as requirements andmethods of quality control.

The concluding selection relates the urgent need to measure, evaluate and protect the quality of drinking water and describes a new state standard of drinking water quality.

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CHOICE Review

This book aims to provide a new approach to describing water quality and to setting standards for the same. It makes doubtful and unreferenced statements, such as that water requires deuterium content to form a liquid, or that antibiotics "sterilize" water, or that "approximately 20% of Americans (~50 million people) drink polluted water." Goncharuk (National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine) devotes too many pages to isotope content and effects that are fairly irrelevant to scientists interested in drinking water. The author states that toxicity in water can be associated with a single endpoint in cell reproduction: "instead of one nucleus they have two or more." He makes a claim that of 31 tested bottled waters (apparently sold in Russia), only one is safe. And he names that one, constituting an endorsement. No data are provided. Much of this book reads like a monograph on, for example, ultraviolet disinfection. The level of detail seems inappropriate for a general text on drinking water properties. Some of the problems seen here may be due to bad translation. Overall, there are too many issues to summarize. Some specialists might find interest in some sections. However, it is hard to imagine an audience for this book in totality. Summing Up: Not recommended. --David A. Vaccari, Stevens Institute of Technology