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What Will Be Expected of Utilities That Install POU Devices?
Author(s) -
Stubbart John
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2004.tb01743.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , pou domain , operations management , control (management) , service (business) , business , point (geometry) , computer science , environmental economics , risk analysis (engineering) , operations research , engineering , economics , marketing , mathematics , philosophy , geometry , epistemology , artificial intelligence , gene expression , biochemistry , chemistry , homeobox , gene
This month's question addresses how a community water system (CWS) must take control and ownership of any official point‐of‐use (POU) treatment program for a systemwide contaminant. The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) guidelines allow small utilities to use POUs for achieving compliance in removing contaminants, as long as the CWS controls the operation and maintenance of devices it has installed. Also, utilities must provide a maintenance service for these home treatment units. Other topics covered in this article include installation considerations, regular maintenance tasks, and assessing costs.