Cost to utilities of a lower MCL for arsenic: Water utilities need to begin now to evaluate their costs for complying with a lower MCL for arsenic

Journal / American Water Works Association

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 89-102

  Frey, Michelle M ^a   Owen, Douglas M ^b   Chowdhury, Zaid K ^c   Raucher, Robert S ^a   Edwards, Marc A ^d  

^a Hagler Bailly Services   (United States)

^b MALCOLM PIRNIE INC   (United States)

^c Malcolm Pirnie   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COST ACCOUNTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IMPURITIES;

MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL);

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 0032024233     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1998.tb08401.x     Document Type: Review

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