Drinking Water and Water Pollution
Ground/ Bottled, Contaminants, Chemicals, Private Wells, Data, Quality/Sanitation, Regulation/Standards

Overview

• Basic Information about Your Drinking Water
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Healthy Water
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Water
  World Health Organization (WHO)
• Water Pollution
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Glossaries

• Water Resources Glossaries
  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Drinking Water

• Drinking Water
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Finding Local information from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Basic Information about Your Drinking Water
  • Local Drinking Water Information
  • Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)
• Ground Water and Drinking Water
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Safe Drinking Water Is Essential
  Marian Koshland Science Museum, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and the Global Health and Education Foundation (BGEF)
• Source Water Protection Publications Database
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Ground Water

• Ground Water and Drinking Water
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• USGS Groundwater Information Pages
  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Bottled Water

• Bottled Water & Carbonated Soft Drinks Guidance Documents & Regulatory Information
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Bottled Water and Fluoride
  Centers for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC)
• Commercially Bottled Water
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• FDA Regulates the Safety of Bottled Water Beverages Including Flavored Water and Nutrient-Added Water Beverages
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Contaminants

Basic Information

• Drinking Water Contaminants, Standards and Regulations
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Contaminants of Emerging Concern including Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Understanding Chemical and Microbial Contaminants in Public Drinking Water
  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Agricultural Chemicals and Waste

• Agricultural Chemicals
  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Polluted Runoff: Nonpoint Source Pollution
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Water And Agriculture Information Center
  National Agricultural Library (NAL), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Arsenic

• Arsenic Health Information Resources
  Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS), National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Chloramines

• Chloramines in Drinking Water
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Disinfection or Chlorination Byproducts

• Basic Information about Chloramines and Drinking Water Disinfection
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Chemical Information: Disinfection By-Products
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Disinfection By-products (DBPs) (PDF, 140 KB)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Disinfection By-Products (Trihalomethanes)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Disinfection By-Products and the Safe Water System (PDF, 30 KB)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Lead

• Lead Health Information Resources
  Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS), National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Mercury

• Mercury Health Information Resources
  Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS), National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Perchlorate

• Perchlorate in Drinking Water
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products as Pollutants (PPCPs)

• Disposal by Flushing of Certain Unused Medicines: What You Should Know
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• DisposeMyMeds.org: find a medication disposal program near you
  National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Foundation, National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)
• Pharmaceuticals (PPCPs)
  DrinkTap.org, American Water Works Association (AWWA)

Volatile Organic Compounds

• Volatile Organic Compounds in the Nation's Ground Water and Drinking-Water Supply Wells
  Circular 1292, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Wastewater/Runoff

• Polluted Runoff: Nonpoint Source Pollution
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• What's in Our Wastewaters and Where Does it Go?
  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) including PFOA and PFOS

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• Basic Information about Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Your Environment
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Perfluoroalkyls
  Toxic Substances Portal, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Perfluorochemicals (PFCs)
  National Biomonitoring Program (NBP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Perfluorochemicals in the Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (2009) (PDF, 6.5 MB) Information starts on page 247
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• PFAS — Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Fluoridation

• Basic Information about Fluoride in Drinking Water
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Community Water Fluoridation
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Letter to Manufacturers, Distributors, or Importers of Bottled Water with an Update on Fluoride Added to Bottled Water (April 27, 2015)
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• U.S. Public Health Service Recommendation for Fluoride Concentration in Drinking Water for the Prevention of Dental Caries
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Oral Health

Private Drinking Water Wells

• Contamination in U.S. Private Wells
  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Private Drinking Water Wells
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Private Ground Water Wells
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Water-related Diseases and Contaminants in Private Wells
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Data

• Biomonitoring Data
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• USGS Water Data for the Nation
  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Water-related Environmental Tracking
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• WATERS (Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental Results)
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Water Quality and Sanitation

• Assessing and Reporting Water Quality
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Global Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• USGS Water-Quality Information Pages
  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Water Sanitation Hygiene and Health (WSH)
  World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Water Day
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Regulation and Standards

• Summary of the Clean Water Act
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Part 141--National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
  Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
• Safe Drinking Water Act
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• TITLE 42 > CHAPTER 6A > SUBCHAPTER XII > Part B > § 300g-1 National drinking water regulations
  Legal Information Institution (LII), Cornell University Law School, Ithaca, New York

Educational Material

• Water Pollution
  Environmental Health Student Portal, Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS), National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• The USGS Water Science School
  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Topic-related Searches of National Library of Medicine Resources

PubMed - Biomedical journal literature

• Fluoridation
  • Articles from last 12 months
  • Review articles
  • All articles on this topic - May retrieve large number of citations
• Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products as Pollutants (PPCPs)
  • Articles from last 12 months
  • Review articles
  • All articles on this topic - May retrieve large number of citations
• Water Pollution
• Articles from last 12 months
• Review articles

ChemIDplus - Chemical identification and structure database

• Chloramine
• Fluoride
• Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
• Perchlorate
• Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
• Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS)

Tox Town - Consumer introduction to environmental health and toxic chemicals

• Agricultural Runoff
• Drinking Water
• Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)
• Stormwater and Sewage
• Urban and Industrial Runoff
• Wastewater Treatment Facility
• Water Pollution

MedlinePlus - Consumer Health Information

• Drinking Water
• Water Pollution

NLM Catalog - Access to information about books and other materials in NLM's catalog

• Water Pollution
  • Books from last 5 years
  • All books on this topic

Portals

• American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
• American Water Works Association (AWWA)
• National Water Management Center
  Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Wellowner.orgThe Groundwater Association (NGWA)

Blogs, News, Podcasts, and Videos

News - RSS feedsRSS feeds

• Water Pollution
  MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Información en Español

• Agua
  Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA)
• La FDA Regula la Seguridad del Agua Envasada - Incluidas el Agua Saborizada y el Agua con Nutrientes Agregados
  La Administración de Drogas y Alimentos (FDA)
• MedlinePlus en español (NLM)
  • Agua potable
  • Contaminación del agua

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