Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories
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Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories is a U.S. EPA reference document that provides health-based guidance and regulatory benchmarks for contaminants in drinking water to help protect public health.
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| instanceOf |
U.S. EPA reference document
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drinking water guidance document → environmental health publication → |
| accessMode |
publicly available online
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| appliesTo |
drinking water contaminants with health concern
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public drinking water systems → |
| basedOn |
epidemiological data
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risk assessment methodologies → toxicological data → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| covers |
chemical contaminants in drinking water
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microbial contaminants when applicable → |
| discipline |
drinking water quality
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environmental health → toxicology → |
| format |
tabular reference document
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| goal |
to provide consistent health-based values for contaminants in drinking water
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| includes |
health advisory levels for longer-term exposure
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health advisory levels for short-term exposure → lifetime health advisory levels → values for sensitive populations when available → |
| intendedAudience |
federal agencies
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public health officials → risk assessors → state drinking water programs → water system operators → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
drinking water contaminants
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drinking water regulation → public health protection → |
| maintainedBy |
U.S. EPA Office of Water
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| medium |
PDF document
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electronic publication → |
| provides |
Maximum Contaminant Level information
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health-based guidance for drinking water contaminants → non-regulatory health advisory levels → reference values for risk assessment → regulatory benchmarks for drinking water contaminants → |
| publisher |
United States Environmental Protection Agency
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| publisherAbbreviation |
U.S. EPA
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| purpose |
to help protect public health from drinking water contaminants
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| regulatoryStatus |
primarily non-regulatory guidance
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| relatedTo |
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
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Safe Drinking Water Act → |
| typeOfStandard |
health-based guidance values
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| usedFor |
evaluating potential health risks from drinking water contaminants
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informing development of drinking water regulations → supporting risk management decisions → |
Referenced by (2)
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
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publishes |
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Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories
("National Primary Drinking Water Regulations")
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