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We hope that POU-RO: Complying with Arsenic Regulations in Small Drinking
Water Systems has been a useful tool. Here are the people and organizations
who have developed this training:
FUNDING
Funding provided by the EPA Office of Groundwater & Drinking Water. This product
was funded by grant number X-82868501-02 from the US Environmental Protection
Agency to Montana State University.
PRIMARY CONTENT
The text for POU-RO Complying with Arsenic Regulations in Small Drinking Water
Systems was written by Dr. Charles Moretti, Ph.D., P.E., University
of North Dakota. The content was modified for use as a multimedia training tool
by the Montana Water Center Development Team.
DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Kevin Kundert, Interactive Training Director
Justin West, Multimedia Programmer
Nicholas Dunbar, Multimedia Developer
Ken Glynn, Multimedia Designer / Developer
TECHNICAL REVIEWERS
Jeffrey Kempic, EPA Treatment Technology and Cost Team Leader
Kevin Kundert, Montana Water Center
Gail Lipfert, University of Maine
Andrea Matzke, EPA Protection Branch
Dr. Chuck Moretti, Ph.D., P.E., University of North Dakota
Shannon Murphy, M.Sc., Watts Premier
Gretchen Rupp, P.E., Montana Water Center
Zane Satterfield, P.E., National Drinking Water Clearinghouse
Craig Schmidt, B.S. EE, MBA, Watts Premier
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS
Gene Franks, Pure Water Products
Kevin Kundert, Montana Water Center
Kenny Lau, EcoPure Water Filters
Shannon Murphy, M.Sc., Watts Premier
Gretchen Rupp, P.E., Montana Water Center
Craig Schmidt, P.E., Watts Premier
DISTRIBUTION
The National Drinking Water Clearinghouse (http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/drinkingwater.cfm)
will be the distributor of this training tool. To obtain a CD-ROM copy of this
program, call 800-624-8301 or 304-293-4191 and refer to product #DWCDTR20.
REFERENCES
1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act.
American Water Works Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, Water
Treatment Plant Design, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., New York, NY, 1990.
American Water Works Association, Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater, 18th edition, Method 3114B (Hydride Atomic Absorption),
1992.
Edwards, M., Patel, S., McNeil, L., Chen, H., Frey, M., Eaton, A., Antweiler,
R. and H. Taylor, "Considerations in Arsenic Analysis and Speciation," Jour.
AWWA, pp. 103-113, March 2000.
Karen Raborn Rogers, Point-of-Use Treatment of Drinking Water in San Ysidro,
NM, prepared for the EPA Drinking Water Research Division Risk Reduction
Engineering Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, under cooperative agreement No. CR-812499-01,
November 1988.
Personal communication from Rick Jorgenson, Culligan Water Conditioning, Lidgerwood,
ND, Nov. 2001.
Personal Communication with Mr. Larry Thelen, North Dakota Department of Health,
January 20, 2002.
Pontius, K., Brown, G. and C. Chien-Jen, "Health Implications of Arsenic in
Drinking Water," Jour. AWWA, pp. 52 - 63, Sept. 1994.
U. S. Dept. of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, retrieved on Nov.
14, 2001 from the world wide web: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos229.htm.
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Register, Announcement of Small
System Compliance Technology Lists for Existing National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations and Findings Concerning Variance Technology, Vol. 63, No.
151, Aug. 6, 1998.
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Arsenic Treatment Technology Evaluation
Handbook for Small Systems, EPA-816-R-03-014, July 2003.
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Implementation Guidance for the Arsenic
Rule - Drinking Water Regulations for Arsenic and Clarifications for Compliance
and New Source Contaminants Monitoring, EPA-816-F-01-004, August
2002.
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance
and New Source Monitoring Rule: A Quick Reference Guide, EPA-816-F-01-004,
January 2001.
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Report to Congress: Small Systems Arsenic
Implementation Issues, EPA-815-R-02-003, March 2002.
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Analytical Methods Support Document
for Arsenic in Drinking Water, EPA-815-R-00-010, December 1999.
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Registrar, Vol. 65, No. 121,
P. 38, June 22.
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P. 64, June 22.
Viessman, Warren; Hammer, Mark, Water Supply and Pollution Control, Sixth
Edition, Addison Wesley Longman, Inc, Menlo Park, CA, 1998.
IMAGES
Arsenic Map courtesy of United States Geological Survey
http://co.water.usgs.gov/trace/pubs/geo_v46n11/fig1.html
Packaging Filtration photo courtesy US Filter
Contact: water_info@usfilter.com
http://www.usfilter.com
Aquatic Eco-Systems POU-RO product photos
http://www.aquaticeco.com
Biofouling scanning electron micrographs and captions courtesy Orange County
Water District
Contact: dphipps@ocwd.com
http://www.ocwd.com
Additional components photos courtesy of Pure Water Technologies
Contact: Brian McCollum at purewater@imt.net
http://www.purewatertechnologies.com
Treatment restrictions filter photo courtesy of EcoPure Water Filters, Canada
Contact: Kenny Lau at info.vio@telus.net
http://www.ecopurewater.com
Core drilling photos courtesy of Gail Lipfert, University of Maine. San Ysidro
case study images provided by Robert Borden, Jemez Springs, NM POU-RO installation
schematic courtesy of Clack Corporation, Wisconsin
Contact: Bob Bishop at bishop@clackcorp.com
http://www.clackcorp.com/water.htm
Scanning electron micrograph of Cryptosporidium lining the intestinal tract.
(From: Gardineret al., 1988, An Atlas of Protozoan Parasites in Animal Tissues,
USDA Agriculture Handbook No. 651.) Scaling photos courtesy of the United States
Bureau of Reclamation's Water Quality Improvement Center, Yuma, Arizona
(see: http://www.usbr.gov/lc/yuma/wquality/default.htm).
Published in the report "Evaluation of Reverse Osmosis Scaling Prevention
Devices at High Recovery," B. Corbett, C. Moody, and M. Norris, March 2003.
http://www.usbr.gov/pmts%5Cwater/media/pdfs/report091.pdf
SUPPORT
CONTACT
Montana Water Center EPA Technical Assistance Center for Small Public
Drinking Water Systems Montana State University 101 Huffman Building Bozeman,
MT 59717-2690
Contact: watercenter@montana.edu
http://water.montana.edu/training
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