Contaminants and Drinking-Water
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Abstract
Introduction
Contaminant Occurrence and Distribution Data
Pesticides
Volatile organic compounds
Arsenic
Microbes
Radionuclides
Research related to contaminant occurrence and distribution
Source-Water Assessments
Source-area characteristics of large public surface-water supplies
California—Disinfection by-product precursors
New Jersey—Vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination
Michigan—Arsenic in ground water, and statewide source-water assessment
Texas—Statewide source-water assessment
New Hampshire—Arsenic in relation to rock type
Research related to source-water assessments
References
As the Nation's principal earth-science agency, the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) studies numerous issues related to contamination of drinking-water sources.
The work includes monitoring to determine the spatial and temporal distribution
of contaminants; research to determine sources, transport, transformations,
and fate of contaminants, and assessments of vulnerability. Much of the work
is conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and
other Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments, to help provide a scientific
basis for resource management and regulation. Examples of recent results are
presented for two broad categories of drinking-water projects: occurrence studies, and source-water
assessments.
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Chief, Office of Water Quality
U.S. Geological Survey
412 National Center
Reston, VA 20192
U.S. Geological Survey
Branch of Information Services
Box 25286
Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225
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