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Utilization of Public Health Surveillance Data for Early Detection of Drinking Water Contamination
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has developed a prototype contamination warning system (CWS) for drinking water in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 (HSPD9). The goal of HSPD9 and the CWS is to… read more… incidents. Methods Public health surveillance (PHS) may be an early indicator of drinking water contamination … in one of several PHS data streams. The data streams may include: 911 calls; emergency medical service (EMS) run … occurring. A water syndrome includes symptoms that may result from ingestion, inhalation or dermal exposure to … -
Utilization of Public Health Surveillance Data for Early Detection and Mitigation of Drinking Water Contamination
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Safe drinking water is essential for all communities. Intentional or unintentional contamination of drinking water requires water utilities and local public health to act quickly. The Water Security (WS) initiative of the U.S.… read more… subsequently evaluated to determine when contamination may be detected using the above monitoring and surveillance …