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Attitude of US Public Health Service in Development of Drinking Water Standards, 1961
This article discusses the rationale for the development and use of the present revision of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) drinking water standards. Of special interest are the following three guidelines used by the committee in establishing limits for impurities in drinking water: greater attention should be given to the chemical substances encountered increasingly in both variety and quantity in water sources; in establishing limits for toxic substances, the minimum intake from food and air should be considered; and, the continuation of two types of limits used in previous editions that, if exceeded, will constitute grounds for rejection of the supply, and limits that should not be exceeded whenever more suitable supplies are, or can be, made available at reasonable cost. The basic assumptions that guided the development of the new standards are summarized as follows: domestic water supplies should protect the health and promote the well‐being of individuals and of the community, and these proposed standards are minimum requirements for reaching this goal; these minimum requirements should be based in part on compliance with good practices so as not to encourage any unnecessary contamination of drinking water; and, in many areas it will be necessary to use and reuse the same water, and to maintain quality as well as quantity.
Attitude of US Public Health Service in Development of Drinking Water Standards, 1961
This article discusses the rationale for the development and use of the present revision of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) drinking water standards. Of special interest are the following three guidelines used by the committee in establishing limits for impurities in drinking water: greater attention should be given to the chemical substances encountered increasingly in both variety and quantity in water sources; in establishing limits for toxic substances, the minimum intake from food and air should be considered; and, the continuation of two types of limits used in previous editions that, if exceeded, will constitute grounds for rejection of the supply, and limits that should not be exceeded whenever more suitable supplies are, or can be, made available at reasonable cost. The basic assumptions that guided the development of the new standards are summarized as follows: domestic water supplies should protect the health and promote the well‐being of individuals and of the community, and these proposed standards are minimum requirements for reaching this goal; these minimum requirements should be based in part on compliance with good practices so as not to encourage any unnecessary contamination of drinking water; and, in many areas it will be necessary to use and reuse the same water, and to maintain quality as well as quantity.
Attitude of US Public Health Service in Development of Drinking Water Standards, 1961
Hopkins, Omar C. (author)
Journal ‐ American Water Works Association ; 53 ; 946-950
1961-08-01
5 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Public Health Service Drinking Water Standards
Wiley | 1943
The U.S. Public Health Service Drinking Water Standards
| Wiley | 1943