Health Policies for Control of Public Water Supplies

Private drinking water supplies: challenges for public health.

The Safety of Public Water Supplies

of which was the fact that throughout the operations on the Western Front there was no epidemic of any water-borne diseases. Bearing in mind that in a large number of instances the ordinary sources of supply were either rendered useless or totally destroyed, and that to make up the deficiency drinking water for the armies had to be taken haphazard from streams, canals and rivers, the entire suc...

Water and bioterrorism: preparing for the potential threat to U.S. water supplies and public health.

Water supplies and water distribution systems represent potential targets for terrorist activity in the United States because of the critical need for water in every sector of our industrialized society. Even short-term disruption of water service can significantly impact a community, and intentional contamination of a municipal water system as part of a terrorist attack could lead to serious m...

Reestablishing public health and land use planning to protect public water supplies.

OBJECTIVES This study measured the extent to which land use, design, and engineering practices could reduce contamination of major public water supplies. METHODS Key parcels of land were identified in New Jersey, and the potential uncontrolled loading of contaminants was estimated with the US Environmental Protection Agency's Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment model for a variety of land ...

Reports of Pharmaceutical Contamination in Public Water Supplies

Introduction. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is a Washington D.C.-based non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization concerned with honest and open government. Specifically, PEER serves and protects public employees working on environmental issues. PEER represents thousands of local, state and federal government employees nationwide; our New England chapter is...