Health Consultation: Prescott Valley Water Company, Evaluation of Volatile Organic Compounds in Residential Drinking Water, Prescott Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona

摘要

The Stoneridge subdivision is a growing rural community (approximately 100 miles north of downtown Phoenix, Arizona) with approximately 5,000 residents. The Prescott Valley Water Company (Prescott Valley, AZ) provides drinking water for residents in this area. A resident in the community indicated that there is a paint thinner type odor coming from the tap water. The Prescott Valley Water Company sampled the water due to request of the resident. On July 27, 2004, the resident called the Arizona Department of Health Services to express his/her concern regarding the analytical results of benzene in tap water samples collected from faucets inside the house. As a result, the Arizona Department of Health Services completed a health consultation to evaluate if benzene and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the water supplied by the Prescott Valley Water Company pose any adverse health effects.