Cover
Story On Tap Assosiate Editor Kathy Jesperson wrote the cover story Endocrine Disruptors -What are they doing to you? Certain chemicals such as pesticides, fertilizers, fule additives, and detergents, are routinely found in groundwater and surface water. These chemicals can interfere with the balance of normal hormone functions in animals, including humans. On Tap explores endocrine disruptors and their potential effects on the human body in the cover story "Endocrine Disruptors: What are they doing to you?"
Feature Stories
Water Boards- Serving on a system's water board can be challenging for a board member as well as the utility's workers. Often with a high turnover rate, little training to help them, and important responsibilities to the community, water board members find the job to be thankless and difficult. This article offers some suggestions on how members can do an effective job and get along with system personnel.
Grassroots Watershed Protection- County Group Works to Clean Up Waterways
People
often don't realize that what they put into a water body can have an effect
far downstream. that's why the U.S. EPA recommends taking a "watershed
approach" to improving regional water quality. This article tells about
the Greene County Watershed Alliance (GCWA), a group working to restore
and protect this rural county’s waterways. Security
and Emergency Planning-Community Wide Efforts Require Preparation-Although
there are many complex regulatory issues involved in vulnerability assessments
and emergency response planning that remain unresolved at this point,
there are still some basic components that should be included.This
article talks about vulnerability
assessments for systems and emergency response plans that can be integrated
into the overall community emergency plan.
Besides SRF and RUS funding, what are some
alternatives?-
Those looking for infrastructure funding for their drinking water project
will find this article helpful. It describes some of the more well-known
funding sources such as the U.S. EPA's drinking water state revolving
fund and U.S. Rural Utilities Service's loans and grants program. But
it also describes other funding sources for small systems.
Tech Brief
The "Tech Brief" a regular feature in On Tap that
describes treatment technologies and issues for drinking water professionals,
discusses water hammer. This phenomenon
is the momentary increase in pressure that occurs in a water system when
there is a sudden change of direction or velocity of the water. These
pressure fluctuations can be severe enough to rupture a water main.
How To
The last thing parents want to see in their child's school is a sign in
large, block letter saying "Do Not Drink The Water." NDWC's
new "How To" series covers
manganese greensand treatment units and how a remote, West Virginia school
used this treatment method to effectively remove iron and manganese from
the drinking water.
Watch for more of these "How To" articles in upcoming issues
of On Tap!
Tech Trends
This issue's "Tech
Trends" offers several news methods for removing arsenic
from drinking water
Departments
News and Notes |
Web Resources
Ask the Experts - Experts answer this question,
"From
time to time, water quality violations can occur. In these incidences,
how should utilities handle the mandatory language in public notifications
(such as a boil water advisory) and consumer education (such as the annual
Consumer Confidence Report mandated by the Safe Drinking Water Act) so
that the public doesn’t lose faith in their water supply?"
Until
Next Time... The Watchful Citizen
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