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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"well water quality"”.
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Fecal Matters: Fate and transport of traditional fecal indicator bacteria and source-tracking targets in septic drainfields
… 1970 and 2010 almost one-third of drinking water related waterborne disease outbreaks reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were associated with systems dependent on untreated groundwater (i.e., most commonly, household wells). This is unsurprising, given that …
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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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Human health risk assessment of exposure to cadmium, lead and chromium through consumption of well and bottled water in Lusaka district, Zambia.
Water is an essential product for human survival, which all age groups consume and access to safe drinking water is essential to health. Safe drinking water implies that the water does not represent any significant risk to health over a lifetime of consumption, including different sensitivities …
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Human health risk assessment of exposure to cadmium, lead and chromium through consumption of well and bottled water in Lusaka district, Zambia.
Water is an essential product for human survival, which all age groups consume and access to safe drinking water is essential to health. Safe drinking water implies that the water does not represent any significant risk to health over a lifetime of consumption, including different sensitivities …
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Patterns of Dissolved Methane in Groundwater and Its Contribution to Emissions Inventories
… the main component of natural gas, in groundwater, as well as its presence in the atmosphere, can have negative consequences. In this dissertation, three aspects of this issue are explored: 1) how and why naturally-occurring methane concentrations vary through time; 2) how elevated …