AWWA JAW72848

This article discusses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA's) new drinking water strategy, focusing on the first of four elements proposed in the strategy -- address contaminants as groups, rather than one at a time, in the hope that enhanced protection of public health can be achieved more cost-effectively. In particular, the article focuses on three of the groups -- nitrosamines, carcinogenic volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), and chlorinated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) -- that USEPA believes it has enough information on for a decision regarding regulatory action.

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