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Contaminants In Drinking Water Prudent Action
Author(s) -
Williamson Shelley J.
Publication year - 1978
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.1551-8833.1978.tb04264.x
Subject(s) - waterborne diseases , environmental health , business , water contamination , control (management) , action (physics) , safe drinking water act , water safety , disease control , contaminated water , environmental planning , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental science , contamination , water quality , medicine , computer science , chemistry , environmental chemistry , biology , ecology , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics
Assuming there is a potential health risk from various organic chemicals in drinking water, then it is incumbent upon EPA, under the Safe Drinking Water Act and other laws, to attempt to control such exposures for public safety. The method and implementation strategy of EPA is not altogether rigid or fixed; there are alternatives, particularly for THM control. In no case can reduction of the barriers to waterborne infectious disease transmission be tolerated in the name of chemical control.