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Utilization of Public Health Surveillance Data for Early Detection and Mitigation of Drinking Water Contamination
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Safe drinking water is essential for all communities. Intentional or unintentional contamination of drinking water requires water utilities and local public health to act quickly. The Water Security (WS) initiative of the U.S.… read more… and syndromic surveillance systems, such as RODS and ESSENCE, are the public health surveillance data streams … -
Utilization of Public Health Surveillance Data for Early Detection of Drinking Water Contamination
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has developed a prototype contamination warning system (CWS) for drinking water in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 (HSPD9). The goal of HSPD9 and the CWS is to… read more… health departments. The EPA is working with RODS and ESSENCE to enhance capabilities to detect a drinking water …