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Quick Reference to Drinking Water Contaminants 

Source: CDC and EPA

Drinking water comes from a variety of sources including public water systems, private wells, or bottled water. Ensuring safe and healthy drinking water may be as simple as turning on the tap from an EPA-regulated public water system. Other water sources may need a water filter, a check on water fluoridation, or an inspection to ensure a septic tank is not too close to a private well. It is important to know where drinking water comes from, how it’s been treated, and if it’s safe to drink: http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/
 
Water-related Contaminants:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/disease/
 
Arsenic:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts2.html
 
Atrazine:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts153.html
 
Benzene:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts3.html
 
Copper:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts132.html
 
Fluoride:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts11.html
 
Lead:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/private/wells/disease/lead.html
 
Mercury:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts46.html
 
Methaemoglobinemia:
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/methaemoglob/en/
 
Nitrate:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/private/wells/disease/nitrate.html
 
Radionuclides:
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/radionuclides/basicinformation.html
 
Radium:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts144.html
 
Radon:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/private/wells/disease/radon.html



Top 5 Causes - Drinking Water Outbreaks:

Giardia intestinalis

Shigella


Norovirus


Hepatitis A

Copper


Top 5 Causes - Recreational Water Outbreaks:

Pseudomona

Cryptosporidium

Shigella

Legionella

Norovirus/Calicivirus






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