Public Water Supplies

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...

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...

Private drinking water supplies: challenges for public health.

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 ...

Public perceptions of drinking water: a postal survey of residents with private water supplies

BACKGROUND In Canada, the legal responsibility for the condition of private water supplies, including private wells and cisterns, rests with their owners. However, there are reports that Canadians test these water supplies intermittently and that treatment of such water is uncommon. An estimated 45% of all waterborne outbreaks in Canada involve non-municipal systems. An understanding of the per...