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Gastrointestinal Illness at Sewickley, Pa.
Author(s) -
Lippy Edwin C.,
Erb James
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1976.tb02504.x
Subject(s) - outbreak , waterborne diseases , population , agency (philosophy) , water resource management , water utility , environmental science , business , environmental health , water supply , environmental engineering , medicine , virology , philosophy , epistemology
The process of a multi‐agency investigation of a waterborne disease outbreak which struck 62 per cent of the population served by the Sewickley water utility is described in this article. Recommendations for covering the distribution reservoirs and increasing patrols were among those resulting from the Investigation.