Institutional Responses to Contamination of Ground Water Used for Public Water Supplies: Implications for EPA Research and Development Programs

摘要

This report is organized into sections addressing the methodology employed, characteristics of the cases analyzed, research and development needs, and conclusions on trends in organic contamination of ground water. The methodology section describes the procedure used in identify water systems with contaminated ground water and to select the cases studied in depth. The analysis section describes various technical and organizational aspects of the case studies, as well as problems commonly encountered.