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8.7 Study the information given below and say why these magazines are important for you.

The “Water Supply and Sanitary Technique” was founded in 1913 at the first stages of formation of water supply practice in Russia. For about a century, the magazine has been struggling for the prestige of the branch, recognition of its importance, dealing with the most important scientific and technical issues in the field of water supply and water disposal, water treatment, heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Results of scientific studies and progressive technical solutions published in the magazine have favored a full-scale introduction of new efficient technologies and designs into municipal services, industrial and rural construction.

The magazine covers the following issues:

–water supply: designs of facilities of water treatment for domestic and industrial purposes; methods of softening, conditioning of water, production of super pure water; methods of hydraulic and technical and economic calculation of water supply systems for large industrial enterprises of cities and agricultural objects;

–wastewater treatment and sewerage: theoretical fundamentals of wastewater and sludge treatment methods; new technological schemes, types and designs of facilities for mechanical, biochemical and physicochemical treatment of wastewater in various branches of industry; treatment of high concentrated wastewater and advanced treatment of runoffs (стоки); principles and methods of secondary use of industrial wastewater; methods of improvement of the existing technique of treatment and utilization of wastewater sludge;

–use of water in complete cycles without wastes discharge into reservoirs;

–waterworks in water industry;

–intake, use and protection against pollution of ground water;

–automation and management of systems of water industry and

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The magazine allows its readers not only to learn about interesting scientific and technological developments, book novelties, the most interesting dissertation investigations, conferences and seminars, but also to discuss them.

Authors of publications in the magazine are scientists, postgraduate students and engineers from different cities of the Russian Federation, foreign researchers and practical workers.

“Water: Technology and Ecology”. The following problems are given in the journal:

–chemistry, physics and biology of water and aquatic environment;

–water resources;

–water treatment;

–communal and industrial water supply;

–purification of domestic and industrial sewage;

–supplies and materials in water services;

–automation in water purification.

A new magazine is “Pure Water: problems and solutions”. The fist edition was published in 2010. You can read articles according to the following divisions:

–a man and pure water,

–studying water structure,

–problem of water quality,

–pure water economy,

–innovative technologies,

–state program “Pure water”.

8.8Give a short summary of the text above, using expressions (page 137).

8.9Look through the titles of the articles given below; choose the articles corresponding to the following items:

a)Economics, law and management in water supply and water disposal system.

b)Water treatment.

c)Congresses and exhibitions.

d)From the history of water supply and water disposal.

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Ежемесячный научно-технический и производственный журнал

“ВОДОСНАБЖЕНИЕ И САНИТАРНАЯ ТЕХНИКА”

Издается с 1913 года

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Unit IX: Supplementary material

9.1 Comment these facts using information from Unit I and Unit II.

Do you know that …?

Water Facts

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9.2 This section presents some examples of statistics related to water. Try to choose the right comment to every picture.

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