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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 …