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Assessing and Reducing Risks
Author(s) -
Council National Research
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2007.tb02933.x
Subject(s) - listing (finance) , risk analysis (engineering) , distribution (mathematics) , business , premise , quality (philosophy) , water quality , water supply , environmental planning , environmental economics , engineering , environmental science , environmental engineering , economics , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , finance , epistemology , ecology , biology
This article summarizes a study done by the National Research Council's Water and Technology Board on water quality issues associated with public water supply distribution systems and their potential risks to consumers. The article begins by listing several rules under the Safe Drinking Water Act that target the degradation of distribution system water quality, but goes on to state that these regulations don't address the integrity of the distribution system in its totality. Conclusions and recommendations are given regarding the effectiveness of existing regulations and codes and the potential for their improvement, and for public health risks of distribution systems. The article discusses three types of distribution system integrity along with concerns about premise plumbing.