Safe drinking water act: Amendments, regulations and standards

Calabrese, E J; Gilbert, C E; Pastides, H

Title: Safe drinking water act: Amendments, regulations and standards

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This book approaches the topic of safe drinking water by communicating how the EPA has responded to the mandates of Congress. Chapter 1 summarizes what is and will be involved in achieving safe drinking water. Chapter 2 describes the historical development of drinking water regulations. Chapter 3 summarizes the directives of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986. Chapters 4 through 9 discuss each phase of the regulatory program in turn. Specific problems associated with volatile organic chemicals, synthetic organics, inorganic chemicals, and microbiological contaminants are assessed in Chapter 4 and 5. The unique characteristics of radionuclides and their regulation are treated in Chapter 6. The disinfection process and its resultant disinfection by-products are presented in Chapter 7. The contaminant selection process and the additional contaminants to be regulated by 1989 and 1991 and in future years are discussed in Chapters 8 and 9. EPA's Office of Drinking Water's Health Advisory Program is explained in Chapter 10. The record of public water system compliance with the primary drinking water regulations is detailed in Chapter 11. Chapter 12 offers a nongovernmental perspective on the general quality of drinking water and how this is affected by a wide range of drinkingmore »« less

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Calabrese, E J; Gilbert, C E; Pastides, H ^[1]

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Publication Date:: Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI Identifier:: 5547187

Resource Type:: Book

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; DRINKING WATER; STANDARDS; AMENDMENTS; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; LEADING ABSTRACT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION REGULATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; US EPA; VOLATILE MATTER; WATER QUALITY; ABSTRACTS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; MATTER; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REGULATIONS; US ORGANIZATIONS; WATER; 540320* - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-); 540330 - Environment, Aquatic- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-); 290300 - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety

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