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Complacency Caused Milwaukee's Crypto Outbreak
Author(s) -
Smith Velma
Publication year - 1995
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.1551-8833.1995.tb06293.x
Subject(s) - cryptosporidium , outbreak , productivity , water pipe , happening , water contamination , history , political science , economics , engineering , economic growth , contamination , medicine , ecology , biology , virology , performance art , art history , feces , mechanical engineering , inlet
All in all, Milwaukee's experience with Cryptosporidium had a stiff price‐‐much human suffering as well as an estimated $37 million in lost wages and productivity. Discovering how it happened might not help the people who suffered most from the worst drinking water disaster in recent US history. But finding answers is crucial to preventing further cases of contamination‐‐in Milwaukee or in any other community served by the nation's 200,000 public water systems. The author discusses why she feels the Milwaukee episode with Cryptosporidium happened and what should be done to prevent it from happening again.