Safe Drinking Water - 9781138505056

CRC Press

Safe Drinking WaterThe Impact of Chemicals on a Limited Resource\nAuthor(s): Rip G. Rice\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781138505056, 978-1138505056\nSynopsis\nA review of the nations new coverages serves as a ready reminder that drinking water safety is more than regional of local concern. In recent times, the print media alone has drawn attention to barium, bacteria, heavy metals, and increasingly organic contaminants, in public water supplies located in Florida, Rhode Island, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Michigan, and California, to name a few. \n\nIn an effort to address one of the major issues confronting the future of the nations drinking water supplies, chemical contamination, the Drinking Water Research Foundation and the American Chemical Society presented the symposium, \""Safe Drinking Water: the Impact of Chemicals on a Limited Resource.\"" To add balance to the total presentation,.