The California Department of Health Services' (CDHS) Drinking Water Program
has developed water quality policies that aid utilities with source water protection
concerns, in part by increasing the awareness of others regarding the importance
of watershed protection through the implementation of source water assessment
programs. It is recognized that once any contaminant has been released into the
environment, water utilities and regulatory agencies will, out of necessity, come
to depend on technology to reduce contaminant concentrations to acceptable
levels. It is important to build treatment barriers to be reliable in order to ensure
consistent quality of product because they represent the only barrier between the
source water and consumer. The growing concerns and increasing costs
associated with treatment serve to illustrate the technical and economic
ramifications of attempting to reverse the environmental impact of past practices. Includes 9 references, table.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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, 290 KB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 13 |
| Published : | 06/15/2003 |
