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Occurrence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Private Water Supplies in Southwest Virginia
… and potential negative health impacts. Drinking water is suspected to be a primary source of human PFAS exposure, so the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has set interim and final health advisories for several PFAS species that are applicable to municipal water supplies. However, …
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Associations between Fecal Indicator Bacteria Prevalence and Demographic Data in Private Water Supplies in Virginia
Over 1.7 million Virginians rely on private water systems to supply household water. The heaviest reliance on these systems occurs in rural areas, which are often underserved in terms of financial resources and access to environmental health education. As the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) does not …
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Emerging Contaminants: Occurrence of ECs in Two Virginia Counties Private Well Water Supplies and Their Removal from Secondary Wastewater Effluent
… environmental matrices, including drinking water supplies at trace concentrations (ng/L-ug/L or ng/kg-ug/kg). Current wastewater treatment plant technology is largely ineffective at removing ECs. The objectives of this investigation were to: 1) determine the occurrence of ECs in private well …
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Evaluation of methodology for detection and quantification of coliform bacteria and their survival in soil and water.
… approximately 25,000 people rely on potable water from private water supplies. Many of these supplies are of questionable quality with regards to microbiological contamination, which is often due to a lack of maintenance and protection of these supplies. Agricultural practices such as the …
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Quantifying Potential Sources of Microbial Contamination in Household Drinking Water Samples
In Virginia, over one million households rely on private water supplies (e.g. well, spring, cistern). Previous literature acknowledges bacterial contamination in private water supplies as a significant public health concern in the United States. The present study tested private wells and springs in …
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Co-created citizen science for community action
… programme in a ranching community, a freshwater health monitoring project on a suburban waterway, a social science investigation into a communities’ relationships with their private water supplies, a wolverine population ecology assessment with fur trappers, and a project collecting noise …
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Geospatial Trends of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Incidence in Private Drinking Water in Virginia
… resulted in frequent environmental and drinking water detection, raising concerns about adverse human health effects associated with PFAS exposure. In response, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has established mandatory monitoring campaigns and future maximum contaminant …