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

Conclusions:
The Summit recommendations, if undertaken, could improve the health of North Carolinians facing elevated risks of exposure to waterborne contaminants because of their reliance on inadequately monitored and maintained private wells. Because many of the challenges in N.C. are common nationwide, these recommendations could serve as models for other states. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP890

Received: 29 July 2016
Revised: 22 December 2016
Accepted: 15 March 2017
Published: 07 July 2017
Address correspondence to J. M. Gibson, Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, 135 Dauer Dr., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431, USA. Telephone: [phone]. Email: [e-mail]
Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP890).
J.M.G. is employed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which partially sponsored N.C. Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative’s 2015 Summit, “Safe Water from Every Tap.” The other authors declare they have no actual or competing financial interests.
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Source: EHP Research - July 7, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Review Source Type: research