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Public health, security priorities pushing for better water quality monitoring
Author(s) -
Parmelee Mary A.
Publication year - 2002
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.1551-8833.2002.tb09555.x
Subject(s) - water quality , environmental planning , business , quality (philosophy) , water contamination , waterborne diseases , water security , environmental resource management , environmental science , risk analysis (engineering) , contamination , water resources , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
This article discusses how the development and widespread use of sophisticated, continuous, real‐time water quality monitoring have become more urgent for water suppliers as they try to protect against waterborne pathogens and organic‐waste contaminants and against more vague but disturbing concerns about bioterrorism.