Journal article
The Future of Rural Water Supplies: Health and Infrastructure Policy Issues Workshop
Iowa Groundwater Quarterly, Vol.8(4), pp.8-9
Winter 1997
Abstract
What is the quality of rural water and how can it be improved? This question was addressed at a workshop held at the University o f Iowa in September 1997. In the past, when rural water needed improving, the answer was often to organize a regional water system. In Iowa such entities are codified in chapter 357A of the Iowa Code. Iowa’s twenty regional water systems with tall water towers and hundreds of miles of pipe throughout the countryside supply water in places where other sources are not adequate. The systems have been very successful in serving rural homes and farms as well as small cities. Regional water systems have done a good job in southern and western Iowa as well as other areas in the Midwest. It remains to be seen if such systems should replace private wells and small community water systems elsewhere. The workshop investigated the water quality implications of this potential replacement.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Future of Rural Water Supplies: Health and Infrastructure Policy Issues Workshop
- Creators
- David Osterberg - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Iowa Groundwater Quarterly, Vol.8(4), pp.8-9
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Iowa Groundwater Association, 1998. Posted by permission.
- Language
- English
- Date published season
- Winter 1997
- Date published
- 01/01/1997
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health
- Record Identifier
- 9983557200002771
Metrics
81 File views/ downloads
39 Record Views