Strategies to Improve Private-Well Water Quality: A North Carolina Perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence suggests that the 44.5 million U.S. residents drawing their drinking water from private wells face higher risks of waterborne contaminant exposure than those served by regulated community water supplies. Among U.S. states, North Carolina (N.C.) has the second-largest population relying on private wells, making it a useful microcosm to study challenges to maintaining private-well water quality.

Objectives

This paper summarizes recommendations from a two-day summit to identify options to improve drinking-water quality for N.C. residents served by private wells.

Methods

The Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative invited 111 participants with knowledge of private-well water challenges to attend the Summit. Participants worked in small gro

SUBMITTER: MacDonald Gibson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5744693 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature