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Challenges in the Offing for Water Utilities
Author(s) -
Miller Kenneth J.,
Sayre Ida M.
Publication year - 1987
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.1551-8833.1987.tb02794.x
Subject(s) - water treatment , filtration (mathematics) , bottled water , waste management , environmental science , business , stripping (fiber) , water infrastructure , safe drinking water act , environmental engineering , environmental planning , engineering , water supply , water quality , electrical engineering , statistics , mathematics , ecology , biology
Topics addressed during this interview on the effects of the 1986 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act include the following: small water systems and possible difficulties in paying for construction to provide for filtration and obtaining trained people to operate them; costs of air stripping and granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration; the disposal of spent GAC; radionuclides standards and treatment; the lead ban; the lowered maximum contaminant level for trihalomethanes; ozone disinfection; increased monitoring; privatization; expenditures on water treatment facilities in the United States as compared to Japan and Europe; point‐of‐use devices and bottled water; research; and future directions for the water industry.