Radium Content of 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.

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...

Public perception of drinking water from private water supplies: focus group analyses

BACKGROUND Over four million Canadians receive their drinking water from private water supplies, and numerous studies report that these supplies often exceed the minimal acceptable standards for contamination. Canadians in rural areas test their water intermittently, if at all, and treatment of water from private supplies is not common. Understanding the perceptions of drinking water among resi...