Whenever a patient mentions that household members are experiencing a bout of “stomach
flu,” the physician, in addition to considering testing stool samples, should enquire about the …

■ Properly abandon unused wells by filling them from bottom to top with grouting clay or
cement. Call a pump installer or well driller for advice or assistance.■ Avoid improper …

Maximum contaminant levels created by the US Environmental Protection Agency under the
Safe Drinking Water Act do not apply to private wells. Rather, the onus is on individual …

Up to half the population of some states in the United States drink water from small systems
not regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act. The quality of the drinking water from these …

Nearly 300,000 Iowans rely on private wells for their primary drinking water supply. Because
private water wells fall outside the jurisdiction of the Safe Drinking Water Act, there are no …

The contaminated water tragedy in Walkerton, Ontario, in 2000, which caused the deaths of
7 people and illness in at least 2300 others, rocked Canadians' belief that our public water …

The US Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), established in 1974, has improved water quality
nationwide through the introduction of maximum contaminant levels, source water …

Eleven percent of US households (~ 35 million people) use private drinking water systems
that are not covered by the Environmental Protection Agency's Safe Drinking Water Act …

Most Americans never give a thought to what is found in the water they bathe in or that
comes out of their kitchen faucet. When people travel around the United States, they drink …