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Chemical, physical, and radiological quality of selected public water supplies in Florida, November 1977-February 1978

Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-50
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri7950

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Abstract

Virtually all treated public water supplies sampled in Florida meet the National Interim Primary and Proposed Secondary Drinking Water Regulations. These findings are based on a water-quality reconnaissance of 129 treated public supplies throughout the State during the period November 1977 through February 1978. While primary drinking water regulation exceedences were infrequent, lead, selenium, and gross alpha radioactivity in a very few water supplies were above established maximum contaminant levels. Additionally, the secondary drinking water regulation parameters--dissolved solids , chloride, sulfate, iron, color, and pH--were occasionally detected in excess of the proposed Federal regulations. The secondary regulations, however, pertain mainly to the aesthetic quality of drinking water and not directly to public health aspects. (Woodard-USGS)

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Irwin, G.A., Hull, R.W., 1979, Chemical, physical, and radiological quality of selected public water supplies in Florida, November 1977-February 1978: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-50, iv, 169 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri7950.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Chemical, physical, and radiological quality of selected public water supplies in Florida, November 1977-February 1978
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 79-50
DOI 10.3133/wri7950
Year Published 1979
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division,
Description iv, 169 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm.
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