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Appendix C: Glossary
Pages 283-284

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... Dracunculiasis: Dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease, is caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. The disease affects poor communities in remote parts of Africa that do not have safe water to drink.
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... In addition to occurring naturally, flocculation can also be forced through agitation or the addition of ­ flocculating agents. Numerous manufacturing industries use flocculation as part of their processing techniques, and it is also extensively employed in water treatment.
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Key Terms

  • free chlorine
  • guinea worm
  • worm disease
  • equally contaminated
  • water contains

  • transmit infectious
  • contain sewage
  • waste sites
  • disease affects
  • dracunculus medinensis

  • contains chemicals
  • inactivating microorganisms
  • chlorine residual
  • dirty water
  • dish detergent

  • extensively employed
  • affects poor
  • uncontrolled hazardous
  • contact time
  • poor communities

  • site dracunculus
  • processing techniques
  • hazardous waste
  • cause infections
  • usually contain

  • inanimate objects
  • government program
  • numerous manufacturing
  • manufacturing industries
  • water treatment


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