U.S. drinking water challenges in the twenty-first century.
Environ Health Perspect
; 110 Suppl 1: 43-52, 2002 Feb.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11834462
ABSTRACT
The access of almost all 270 million U.S. residents to reliable, safe drinking water distinguishes the United States in the twentieth century from that of the nineteenth century. The United States is a relatively water-abundant country with moderate population growth; nonetheless, current trends are sufficient to strain water resources over time, especially on a regional basis. We have examined the areas of public water infrastructure, global climate effects, waterborne disease (including emerging and resurging pathogens), land use, groundwater, surface water, and the U.S. regulatory history and its horizon. These issues are integrally interrelated and cross all levels of public and private jurisdictions. We conclude that U.S. public drinking water supplies will face challenges in these areas in the next century and that solutions to at least some of them will require institutional changes.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Poluentes da Água
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Abastecimento de Água
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Efeito Estufa
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Purificação da Água
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Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article