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Zusatztext "...a 'one-stop shopping' compendium of information...another valuable addition to the environmental professional's library of critical references." (Environmental Practice! March 2005)"This book is a must-read for water utilities! consultants! and regulators...it not only explains the regulations and the regulatory process! but also provides essential information on water treatment! water protection! public health! and future issues." (Journal of Environmental Quality! May-June 2004) Informationen zum Autor FREDERICK W. PONTIUS is the President of Pontius Water Consultants, Inc., and provides drinking water?related professional engineering services to water utilities, consultants, industry, businesses, and regulatory agencies. He has over twenty years of experience in public water supply, has authored the Safe Drinking Water Act Advisor treatise on drinking water rules, and is a frequent speaker on drinking water regulation, compliance, and health. Klappentext The Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 instituted wide-ranging regulatory changes to the seminal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)-such as providing funding to communities facing health risks, focusing regulatory efforts on contaminants posing such health risks, and adding flexibility to the regulatory process- and the amendments continue to shape regulations and regulatory policy to this day. Editor Frederick Pontius's Drinking Water Regulation and Health provides a comprehensive, up-to-date resource on the current regulatory landscape.Drinking Water Regulation and Health serves as a guide for water utilities, regulators, and consultants, forecasting future trends and explaining the latest developments in regulations. A diverse group of contributors covers topics such as water treatment, water protection, how some of the regulations have been interpreted in the courts, how water utilities can stay in compliance, and how to satisfy customer expectations, especially sensitive subpopulations. Divided into four sections - The SDWA and Public Health, Regulation Development, Contaminant Regulation and Treatment, and Compliance Challenges - the book includes chapters on:* Improving Waterborne Disease Surveillance* Application of Risk Assessments in Crafting Drinking Water Regulations* Control of Drinking Water Pathogens and Disinfection By-Products* Selection of Treatment Technology for SDWA Compliance* Death of the Silent Service: Meeting Consumer Expectations* Achieving Sustainable Water Systems* What Water Suppliers Need to Know About Toxic Tort Litigation Zusammenfassung The Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 instituted regulatory changes to the seminal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) such as providing funding to communities facing health risks. This book provides a comprehensive resource on the regulatory landscape and covers topics such as water treatment, and water protection. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xix Acknowledgments xxi Contributors xxiii Acronyms xxvii PART I THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AND PUBLIC HEALTH 1 1 Drinking Water and Public Health Protection 3 Daniel A. Okun 1.1 Introduction, 3 1.2 Water Supply for the City of Rome, 4 1.3 The Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution, 5 1.4 The Great Sanitary Awakening, 6 1.5 The Emergence of Water as a Public Health Issue, 9 1.6 The Beginning of Water Treatment, 11 1.7 The Chemical Revolution, 13 1.8 The Introduction of Regulations, 14 1.9 Prelude to the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act, 17 1.10 Drinking Water in Developing Countries, 19 1.11 The Future of Public Water Supply, 21 2 Improving Waterborne Disease Surveillance 25 Floyd J. Frost, Rebecca L. Calderon and Gunther F. Craun 2.1 Introduction, 25 2.2 Background, 26 2.3 Limitations of the Curre...
