Pontius Drinking Water Regulation and Health

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-471-44741-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 1072 Seiten, E-Book

The Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 instituted wide-rangingregulatory changes to the seminal Safe Drinking Water Act(SDWA)-such as providing funding to communities facing healthrisks, focusing regulatory efforts on contaminants posing suchhealth risks, and adding flexibility to the regulatory process- andthe amendments continue to shape regulations and regulatory policyto this day. Editor Frederick Pontius's Drinking Water Regulationand Health provides a comprehensive, up-to-date resource on thecurrent regulatory landscape.
Drinking Water Regulation and Health serves as a guide for waterutilities, regulators, and consultants, forecasting future trendsand explaining the latest developments in regulations. A diversegroup of contributors covers topics such as water treatment, waterprotection, how some of the regulations have been interpreted inthe courts, how water utilities can stay in compliance, and how tosatisfy customer expectations, especially sensitive subpopulations.Divided into four sections - The SDWA and Public Health, RegulationDevelopment, Contaminant Regulation and Treatment, and ComplianceChallenges - the book includes chapters on:
* Improving Waterborne Disease Surveillance
* Application of Risk Assessments in Crafting Drinking WaterRegulations
* Control of Drinking Water Pathogens and DisinfectionBy-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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pontius, Frederick

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Contributors.
List of Tables.
List of Figures.
Acronyms.
PART I: THE SDWA AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
Drinking Water and Public Health Protection (D. Okun).
Improving Waterborne Disease Surveillance (F. Frost, etal.).
Waterborne Outbreaks in the United States, 1971-2000
(G. Craun, R. Calderon & Mary Craun).
History of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) (F. Pontius).
SDWA Reauthorization: Looking to the Future (D. vanDe Hei &T. Schaeffer).
PART II: REGULATION DEVELOPMENT.
Toxicological Basis for Drinking Water Risk Assessment (J.Donohue & J. Orme-Zavaleta).
Epidemiologic Concepts for Interpreting Findings in Studies ofDrinking water Exposures (G. Craun, et al.).
Application of Risk Assessments in Crafting Drinking WaterRegulations (B. Macler).
"Sound" Science and Drinking Water Regulation (F. Pontius).
Benefit-Cost Analysis and Drinking Water Regulation (R.Raucher).
Public Involvement in Regulation Development (F. Pontius).
PART III: CONTAMINANT REGULATION AND TREATMENT.
Control of Drinking Water Pathogens and Disinfection By-Products(S. Regli, et al.).
Regulating Radionuclides in Drinking Water (D. Huber).
Risk-Based Framework for Selecting Contaminants for FutureRegulation (M. Gibson & M. Osinsiki).
Selection of Treatment Technology for SDWA Compliance (F.Pontius).
SDWA Compliance Using Point-of-Use (POU) andPoint-of-Entry (POE) Treatment (F. Pontius, etal.).
PART IV: COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES.
Death of the Silent Services: Meeting Consumer Expectations (E.Speranza).
Achieving the Capacity to Comply (P. Shanaghan & J.Jacobs).
Achieving Sustainable Water Systems (J. Beecher).
Protecting Sensitive Subpopulations (J. Griffiths).
Environmental Justice and Drinking Water Regulation (F.Pontius).
What Water Suppliers Need to Know About Toxic Tort Litigation(K. Rubin).
Intellectual Property Laws and Water Technology (L. Hansen).
Water System Security (F. Pontius).
Appendices.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

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.