U.S. drinking water challenges in the twenty-first century

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 43-52

  Levin, Ronnie B ^a   Epstein, Paul R ^a   Ford, Tim E ^a   Harrington, Winston ^a   Olson, Erik ^a   Reichard, Eric G ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Federal regulations; Global warming; Groundwater; Public infrastructure; Surface water; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LAND USE; LEGAL ASPECT; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036175229     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110s143     Document Type: Article

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