Showing results for: drinking water safety regulation Articles
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An international review of the challenges associated with securing buy-in for water safety plans within providers of drinking water supplies
Since publication of the 3rd Edition of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Drinking Water Quality guidelines, global adoption of water safety plans (WSPs) has been gathering momentum. Most guidance lists managerial commitment and ‘buy-in’ as critical to the success of WSP implementation; yet the detail on how to generate it is lacking. This commentary discusses aspects of managerial commitment ...
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Evolution of regulatory targets for drinking water quality
The last century has been marked by major advances in the understanding of microbial disease risks from water supplies and significant changes in expectations of drinking water safety. The focus of drinking water quality regulation has moved progressively from simple prevention of detectable waterborne outbreaks towards adoption of health-based targets that aim to reduce infection and disease ...
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Introduction to Environmental Testing in the USA
Environmental laboratories practice “applied analytical chemistry” by analyzing samples using a list of potential contaminants to determine how much, if any, of the contaminant is present. These contaminants, the methods used to analyze for them, and the maximum amount of contaminant allowed in the sample are defined by regulation. This paper provides an overview of these ...
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Assessing clarity of message communication for mandated USEPA drinking water quality reports
The United States Environmental Protection Agency mandates that community water systems (CWSs), or drinking water utilities, provide annual consumer confidence reports (CCRs) reporting on water quality, compliance with regulations, source water, and consumer education. While certain report formats are prescribed, there are no criteria ensuring that consumers understand messages in these ...
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Study: New Jersey Water Use Exceeding Supplies
In the seaside town of Cape May, New Jersey, overdraft of groundwater supplies led to saltwater intrusion of aquifers. In 1997, a brackish water desalination plant was built to deal with the problem. When people think of water scarcity, arid regions such as Israel, Egypt, and Southern California may come to mind, but the availability of clean, potable water may also be endangered in unexpected ...
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Water Systems Improvements
The Infrastructure Investment and Job Act will have far-reaching effects across the nation. This law seeks to improve safety and create jobs by investing in projects like bridges, roads, and high-speed internet access. Improvements to local water systems are a large piece of the bipartisan law funding plan. Every state, Tribal nation, and territory will receive millions of dollars for water ...
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A systematic literature review of the enabling environment elements to improve implementation of water safety plans in high-income countries
Effective risk management helps ensure safe drinking water and protect public health. Even in high-income countries, risk management sometimes fails and waterborne disease, including outbreaks, occur. To help reduce waterborne disease, the WHO Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality recommend water safety plans (WSPs), a systematic preventive risk management strategy applied from catchment to ...
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Water Reuse and Pathogen Reduction Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?
The Role of Process Water in Pathogen Reduction The USDA’s Pathogen Reduction/Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) rule in July of 1996 required all meat and poultry slaughter plants to adopt a system of process controls to prevent food safety hazards. It contained four components: standard operating procedures (SOPs) for sanitation, HACCP plans, generic E. coli testing and ...
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Chemical pollutants in water emerge
Recent advances in contaminant identification methodologies, sampling instrumentation, and analytical chemistry have caused an explosion of knowledge about the presence of previously undetected organic micropollutants. While it doesn"t follow that the mere presence of chemical contaminants results in harm, public health experts, regulators, and others aren"t sitting idly by. Given the necessity ...
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New Jersey Water Use Exceeding Supplies
When people think of water scarcity, arid regions such as Israel, Egypt, and Southern California may come to mind, but the availability of clean, potable water may also be endangered in unexpected places, including New Jersey. Residents in some areas of the Garden State are using “tens of millions of gallons” more water than the local watershed can support, and similar conditions are ...
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Drinking Water is Safer Than Ever
Let There Be Wine - But Not in Our Drinking Water Reports of backflow contamination have become increasingly rare because backflow prevention devices work - at least for the most part. In March 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, the last thing residents of Castelvetro, Italy were likely thinking about was their drinking water. So imagine their surprise when they turned on their faucets and ...
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Australian Drinking Water Guidelines
The Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (ADWG) were developed to provide regulations that ensure drinking water safety. Drinking water under the guidelines is described as water used for human consumption, and it is obtained through a tap or food made using water. It also ensures that water quality meets the intended purpose of use. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) works ...
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Utilities expand personnel capabilities with managed SCADA system - Case Study
As the water and wastewater industry faces a shrinking labor source, remote monitoring can fill the experience gap. About one third of water and wastewater utility workers will retire by 2018, according to the 2008 Water Environment Federation report. More than 79 million baby boomers will reach retirement age during the next 10 years. According to a study authored by Jones and Henry Engineers, ...
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