Other Drinking Water Links

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Drinking Water Home Page (Great information on EPA programs, drinking water standards and regulations, contaminants, health effects, and utility-specific consumer confidence reports)

U.S. EPA Source Water Home Page

USFS report:  Drinking water from forests and grasslands: a synthesis of the scientific literature

Report:  Early Warning Monitoring to Detect Hazardous Events in Water Supplies (pdf)

USGS Environment and Human Health Home Page

USGS Workshop:  Building capabilities for monitoring and assessment in public health microbiology

American Water Works Association (Includes pages for member utilities and their drinking water consumer confidence reports)

Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies

Association of State Drinking Water Administrators

AWWA Research Foundation (A member-supported, international, nonprofit organization that sponsors research to enable water utilities, public health agencies, and other professionals to provide safe and affordable drinking water to consumers)

Clean Water Action

Clean Water Action Plan (A Federal interagency partnership)

Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water

The Extent of Groundwater Contamination in the United States, by The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Ground Water Protection Council

The Groundwater Foundation (Groundwater Guardian Program)

League of Women Voters (Drinking Water Source Assessment and Protection)

National Drinking Water Clearinghouse (Resources and information for rural water systems)

National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities

National Rural Water Association

National Sanitation Foundation (Standards for bottled water)

National Water Resources Association

Safedrinkingwater.com (newsletter)

Water Quality Association

World Health Organization Environmental Health Criteria

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