Health in Portugal - Healthcare in Portugal, Portuguese Physicians, Water Supply Healthcare in Portugal, Portuguese Physicians, Water Supply and Sanitation in Portugal, Samuel Nunez, Antnio Egas Moniz and Sanitation in Portugal, Samuel Nunez, Antnio Egas Moniz (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Healthcare in Portugal, Portuguese Physicians, Water Supply and Sanitation in Portugal, Samuel Nunez, Antnio Egas Moniz, John Baptist de Faria, Jacob de Castro Sarmento, Amlcar de Sousa, Joo-Maria Nabais, Abortion in Portugal, Jos Toms de Sousa Martins, Instituto Nacional de Sade Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Fernando Nobre, guas de Portugal, Aleixo de Abreu, O. E. H. Wucherer. Excerpt: Water supply and sanitation in Portugal is characterized by important advances in access to services, technologies and service quality over past decades (1980s1990s), partially achieved thanks to important funds from the European Union. Nevertheless, sanitation still remains relatively low in mountain rural areas and some people have their own sources of water controlled by municipalities. During the 1990s Portugal has put in place a modern institutional framework for the sector, which includes a national regulatory agency and multi-municipal water and sanitation companies. The multi-municipal companies are owned by both the municipalities and a national holding company, guas de Portugal ("Portugal Waters"). In Portugal 93% of households have access to drinking water through house connections (97% in urban areas, but only 50% in rural areas) 76% of households have access to sewer connections. Water supply is continuous, except during droughts. Drinking water quality is not consistently good, especially in smaller systems. Portugal does not comply with a series of drinking water parameters (iron, manganese, total coliforms, faecal coliforms, faecal streptococci and clostridium) laid down in the EU drinking water directive. For example, almost 50% of water supply zones do not comply as regards total coliforms, while 20% of the zones do not comply with the faecal... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14833578