Addressing uncertainty and conflicting cost estimates in revising the arsenic MCL

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 4414-4420

  Gurian, Patrick L ^a,c   Small, Mitchell J ^a   Lockwood, John R ^b   Schervish, Mark J ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; POTABLE WATER; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS;

MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL);

WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; STANDARD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; HOUSEHOLD; METHODOLOGY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0035890559     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es001899n     Document Type: Article

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