Public Drinking Water Quality in Georgia
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Fuller, Wayne R.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
From January 1993 through December 1995 the
Environmental Protection Division's (EPD) Drinking Water
Program compiled a comprehensive database of drinking water
chemistry collected from public water systems (PWS). High risk
sampling points were identified for collection of asbestos, cyanide
and dioxin water samples. Samples for all other compound
analyses were collected for four consecutive calendar quarters
from all contracted PWS, at the entry point to the distribution
system after treatment.
Based upon all compliance, EPD has issued statewide
monitoring waivers for asbestos, cyanide, dioxin and most of the
SOCs. Waivers were not issued for inorganic compounds and
volatile organic compounds due to their usefulness as indicators
of declining water quality. Monitoring waivers cannot be issued
for micro biologicals, nitrate/nitrite, arsenic and lead and copper.
Waiver issuance has dramatically reduced public water system
chemical monitoring responsibilities, relieving the water systems
of a great deal of burdensome sample collection and analyses for
drinking water.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date
1997-03
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