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The Safe Drinking Water Act Goes Into Effect Next Month — Are You Prepared?
Author(s) -
Hoffbuhr Jack,
Chaussee Dean
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1977.tb00954.x
Subject(s) - nephelometer , interim , turbidity , business , state (computer science) , set (abstract data type) , environmental science , computer science , law , political science , oceanography , physics , light scattering , algorithm , scattering , optics , geology , programming language
With the Safe Drinking Water Act going into effect, most water systems will not be able to set up their own labs and will need to rely on state or commercial facilities. It is recommended that systems using surface sources purchase their own nephelometer to run daily turbidity tests. The new act will require accurate recordkeeping and reporting, various reports that must be sent to the state, and public notification of customers if their water system is in violation of the Interim Primary Regulations.