Characteristics of small residential and commercial water systems that influence their likelihood of being on drinking water advisories in rural British Columbia, Canada: A cross-sectional study using administrative data

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 629-649

  Edwards, Joanne E ^a   Henderson, Sarah B ^b   Struck, Sylvia ^b   Kosatsky, Tom ^b  

^a Interior Health Authority   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Boil water advisories; Drinking water; Small water systems

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

DRINKING WATER; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RURAL AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RURAL POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84873671006     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2012.046     Document Type: Article

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