This article suggests a more objective approach to evaluating the
condition of a water system - including source, treatment, and
distribution - based on performance data. Most groundwater
systems are currently evaluated by managers and regulators through
a combination of compliance monitoring and sanitary survey inspections.
However, field experience has demonstrated types of monitoring
that can be performed at groundwater systems to comprehensively
evaluate their ability to resist microbiological contamination.
Utility managers will benefit from this information because it
shows how process-control-type monitoring, compared with
nonregulatory goals, can help improve utilities' ability to prevent
contamination.
It is hoped that the information provided will encourage
groundwater utilities to begin collecting and analyzing performance
data and lead to a better understanding of how each
barrier can be improved. Includes 12 references, tables, figure.
| Edition : | Vol. 95 - No. 4 |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 420 KB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 11 |
| Published : | 04/01/2003 |
