Occurrence of Volatile Synthetic Organic Chemicals in Drinking Water

Occurrence of Volatile Synthetic Organic Chemicals in Drinking Water
Author: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher: BiblioGov
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2013-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781289183929

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. The agency is charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. The EPA's struggle to protect health and the environment is seen through each of its official publications. These publications outline new policies, detail problems with enforcing laws, document the need for new legislation, and describe new tactics to use to solve these issues. This collection of publications ranges from historic documents to reports released in the new millennium, and features works like: Bicycle for a Better Environment, Health Effects of Increasing Sulfur Oxides Emissions Draft, and Women

The Ground Water Supply Survey

The Ground Water Supply Survey
Author: James J. Westrick
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1983
Genre: Drinking water
ISBN:

"In response to the increasing nationwide concern over contamination of ground water supplies by volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), the Office of Drinking Water (ODW) of the Environmental Protection Agency is considering possible regulatory options for limiting VOCs in drinking water. In order to strengthen to the VOC occurrence data base and to encourage state involvement in the VOC problem, ODW conducted a sampling and analysis program on finished water from 945 water supplies which use underground sources."--Executive summary (page i).