Safe Water From Every Tap:

Improving Water Service to Small Communities

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Size: 230 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1997

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Committee on Small Water Supply Systems, National Research Council
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Small communities violate federal requirements for safe drinking water as much as three times more often than cities. This book reviews the risks of violating drinking water standards and presents a variety of institutional and technological options for improving the ...
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Front Matter	i-x
Summary	1-11	(skim)
1: Small Water Supply Systems: An Unsolved Problem	12-23	(skim)
2: Status of Small Water Systems	24-47	(skim)
3: Technologies for the Small System	48-131	(skim)
4: Evaluating Technologies for Small Systems	132-152	(skim)
5: Ensuring Small Water Supply System Sustainability	153-186	(skim)
6: Training Operators for Small Systems	187-204	(skim)
Appendix: Committee on Small Water Supply Systems Biographical Information	205-210	(skim)
Index	211-218	(skim)

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Small communities violate federal requirements for safe drinking water as much as three times more often than cities. This book reviews the risks of violating drinking water standards and presents a variety of institutional and technological options for improving the management efficiency and financial stability of water systems.

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"The book allows that the improvement of small community water systems lies in the hands of national and state leadership." Environmental Geology

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Improving Water Service to Small Communities

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