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1 online resource (1 PDF file (xvii, 108 pages)) : illustrations |
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Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press
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Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf
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""FrontMatter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface ""; ""Contents ""; ""Summary""; ""Remarks and Charge to Participants ""; ""Workshop Objectives ""; ""1 Status of Science and Policies for Ensuring the Protection of Source Water and Drinking Water""; ""2 Assessment and Management Practices: Impact on Health""; ""3 Emerging Issues in Providing Safe Drinking Water""; ""4 Change: Implications at the WaterÃ"Human Health Interface ""; ""5 Charting a Course for the Future""; ""Abstracts""; ""References ""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Workshop Agenda ""; ""Appendix B Speakers and Panelists "" |
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The reliable provision of safe drinking water in the United States and other countries represents one of the outstanding public health accomplishments of the past century. This capability derived from major and mutually reinforcing efforts by researchers in public health, engineers, and governments at all levels, municipal, state, and federal to put the necessary infrastructure in place, develop standards and regulations, and implement them effectively. As a result, the majority of people in the United States today enjoy an unprecedented level of protection and safety in the drinking water they consume. However, the system that was put in place for delivering safe and adequate supplies of drinking water has been in existence for more than 100 years. During the ensuing century, the United States has experienced a surge in population growth, which is projected to increase until 2050; a shift of population from densely populated urban areas to sparsely populated rural areas; and greater demands on water for multiple needs such as recreation, drinking water consumption, industrial use, and agricultural use. All of these needs have resulted in additional pressure on our waterways and will likely affect our ability to supply adequate water in the future, according to some workshop participants. This workshop, which was sponsored by the Institute of Medicine, s Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, provided an opportunity to look at the progress achieved since the passage of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act. It looked at previous and future challenges that will continue in environmental health |
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Title from PDF title page |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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This study was supported by the contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Health (Contract No. 282-99-0045, TO#5); National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contract No. 200-2000-00629, TO#7); National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contract No. 0000166930); National Health and Environment Effects Research Laboratory and National Center for Environmental Research, Environmental Protection Agency (Contract No. 282-99-0045 TO#5); American Chemistry Council; and Exxon-Mobil Corporation (unnumbered grants). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project. This summary is based on the proceedings of a workshop that was sponsored by the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine. It is prepared in the form of a workshop summary by and in the names of the editors, with the assistance of staff and consultants, as an individually authored document |
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Version viewed October 24, 2014 |
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Drinking water -- Congresses
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Drinking water -- Contamination -- Congresses
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Water -- Government policy -- United States -- Congresses
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Water-supply.
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Water Supply
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Public Policy
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Water Pollution -- prevention & control
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Water-supply.
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Drinking water.
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Drinking water -- Contamination.
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Water -- Government policy.
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United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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United States.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Reiter, Lawrence W., editor
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Falk, Henry, editor
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Groat, Charles G., editor
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Coussens, Christine, editor
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, sponsoring body
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From Source Water to Drinking Water: Ongoing and Emerging Challenges for Public Health (Workshop) (2003 : Washington, D.C.)
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| LC no. |
2005295689 |
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9780309545471 |
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0309545471 |
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9786610175864 |
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6610175861 |
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