Drinking Water Regulation and Health

The Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 instituted wide-ranging regulatory changes to the seminal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)-such as providing funding to communities facing health risks, focusing regulatory efforts on contaminants posing such health risks, and adding flexibility to the regulatory process- and the amendments continue to shape regulations and regulatory policy to this day. Editor Frederick Pontius's Drinking Water Regulation and Health provides a comprehensive, up-to-date resource on the current regulatory landscape. Drinking Water Regulation and Health serves as a guide for water utilities, regulators, and consultants, forecasting future trends and explaining the latest developments in regulations. A diverse group of contributors covers topics such as water treatment, water protection, how some of the regulations have been interpreted in the courts, how water utilities can stay in compliance, and how to satisfy customer expectations, especially sensitive subpopulations. Divided into four sections - The SDWA and Public Health, Regulation Development, Contaminant Regulation and Treatment, and Compliance Challenges - the book includes chapters on: * Improving Waterborne Disease Surveillance * Application of Risk Assessments in Crafting Drinking Water Regulations * Control of Drinking Water Pathogens and Disinfection By-Products * Selection of Treatment Technology for SDWA Compliance * Death of the Silent Service: Meeting Consumer Expectations * Achieving Sustainable Water Systems * What Water Suppliers Need to Know About Toxic Tort LitigationContent: Chapter 1 Drinking Water and Public Health Protection (pages 1–24): Daniel A. OkunChapter 2 Improving Waterborne Disease Surveillance (pages 25–43): Floyd J. Frost, Rebecca L. Calderon and Gunther F. CraunChapter 3 Waterborne Outbreaks in the United States, 1971?2000 (pages 45–69): Gunther F. Craun, Rebecca L. Calderon and Michael F. CraunChapter 4 History of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) (pages 71–103): Frederick W. PontiusChapter 5 SDWA: Looking to the Future (pages 105–129): Diane Vande Hei and Thomas SchaefferChapter 6 Toxicological Basis for Drinking Water Risk Assessment (pages 131–146): Joyce Morrissey Donohue and Jennifer Orme?ZavaletaChapter 7 Epidemiologic Concepts for Interpreting Findings in Studies of Drinking Water Exposures (pages 147–182): Gunther F. Craun, Rebecca L. Calderon and Floyd J. FrostChapter 8 Application of Risk Assessments in Crafting Drinking Water Regulations (pages 183–196): Bruce A. MaclerChapter 9 “Sound” Science and Drinking Water Regulation (pages 197–223): Frederick W. PontiusChapter 10 Benefit?Cost Analysis and Drinking Water Regulation (pages 225–249): Robert S. RaucherChapter 11 Public Involvement in Regulation Development (pages 251–273): Frederick W. PontiusChapter 12 Control of Drinking Water Pathogens and Disinfection Byproducts (pages 275–305): Stig E. Regli, Paul S. Berger and Thomas R. GrubbsChapter 13 Regulating Radionuclides in Drinking Water (pages 307–338): David R. HuberChapter 14 Risk?Based Framework for Future Regulatory Decision?Making (pages 339–380): Mark Gibson and Michael OsinskiChapter 15 Selection of Treatment Technology for SDWA Compliance (pages 381–401): Frederick W. PontiusChapter 16 SDWA Compliance Using Point?of?Use (POU) and Point?of?Entry (POE) Treatment (pages 403–429): Frederick W. Pontius, Regu P. Regunathan and Joseph F. HarrisonChapter 17 Death of the Silent Service: Meeting Consumer Expectations (pages 431–448): Elisa M. SperanzaChapter 18 Achieving the Capacity to Comply (pages 449–462): Peter E. Shanaghan and Jennifer BielanskiChapter 19 Achieving Sustainable Water Systems (pages 463–490): Janice A. BeecherChapter 20 Protecting Sensitive Subpopulations (pages 491–511): Jeffrey K. GriffithsChapter 21 Environmental Justice and Drinking Water Regulation (pages 513–532): Frederick W. PontiusChapter 22 What Water Suppliers Need to Know about Toxic Tort Litigation (pages 533–554): Kenneth A. RubinChapter 23 Intellectual Property Laws and Water Technology (pages 555–566): Linda E. B. HansenChapter 24 Water System Security (pages 567–582): Frederick W. Pontius