edited by
Frederick W. Pontius
Features:
- Water Treatment
- Water Protection
- How Regulations Have Been Interpreted in Courts
- How Water Utilities Can Stay in Compliance
- How to Satisfy Customer Expectations
Drinking Water Regulation and Health provides a comprehensive, up-to-date resource on the current regulatory landscape. It also serves as a guide for water utilities, regulators, and consultants, forecasting future trends and explaining the latest developments in regulations.
Contents
- The SDWA and Public Health
- Drinking Water and Public Health Protection
- Improving Waterborne Disease Surveillance
- Waterborne Outbreaks in the United States, 1971-2000
- History of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
- SDWA Reauthorization: Looking to the Future
- Regulation and Development
- Toxicological Basis for Drinking Water Risk Assessment
- Epidemiologic Concepts for Interpreting Findings in Studies of Drinking water Exposures
- Application of Risk Assessments in Crafting Drinking Water Regulations
- "Sound" Science and Drinking Water Regulation
- Benefit-Cost Analysis and Drinking Water Regulation
- Public Involvement in Regulation Development
- Contaminant Regulation and Treatment
- Control of Drinking Water Pathogens and Disinfection By-Products
- Regulating Radionuclides in Drinking Water
- Risk-Based Framework for Selecting Contaminants for Future Regulation
- Selection of Treatment Technology for SDWA Compliance
- SDWA Compliance Using Point-of-Use (POU) and Point-of-Entry (POE) Treatment
- Compliance Challenges
- Death of the Silent Services: Meeting Consumer Expectations
- Achieving the Capacity to Comply
- Achieving Sustainable Water Systems
- Protecting Sensitive Subpopulations
- Environmental Justice and Drinking Water Regulation
- What Water Suppliers Need to Know About Toxic Tort Litigation
- Intellectual Property Laws and Water Technology
- Water System Security
Appendices
Index