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INTEGRATING SOURCE WATER PROTECTION AND DRINKING WATER TREATMENT: U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S WATER SUPPLY AND WATER RESOURCES DIVISION
Citation:
NIETCH, C. T., R. HAUGHT, J. A. GOODRICH, C. L. PATTERSON, AND JOEL J. ALLEN. INTEGRATING SOURCE WATER PROTECTION AND DRINKING WATER TREATMENT: U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S WATER SUPPLY AND WATER RESOURCES DIVISION. ISBN-7-112-07755-9, S. Wang (ed.), Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology. Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilong jiang, China, 12(sup):6-12, (2005).
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to publish information
Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Water Supply and Water Resources Division (WSWRD) is an internationally recognized water research organization established to assist in responding to public health concerns related to drinking water supplies. WSWRD has evolved from a traditional drinking water treatment focus to promote a research framework supporting the development of decision support methods for aquatic resource managers, watershed-level planners, and treatment plant operators. Therefore, the Division strives for an integrative approach to water resources risk management. The research program relies heavily on model development and verification that spans simulations on small treatment systems, within drinking water distribution networks, to hydrological and pollutant loading to source waters integrating the effects of hundreds of thousands of acres. The programmatic framework is centered on integrating best management practices (BMPs) and best available technologies (BATs), including traditional engineering approaches, eco-restoration techniques, and treatment at the plant scale. It encourages the development of numerical representations of the performance of these management options, the integration of this information into watershed-wide load and transport models that can account for stream processes, and promotes the development of environmental monitoring strategies to guide water quality and drinking water treatment risk management decisions for source waters draining mixed land use watersheds.