Chemical, physical, and radiological quality of selected public water supplies in Florida, February-April 1980
Water-Resources Investigations Report
81-31
By: Bernard J. Franks and G. A. Irwin
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Abstract
Virtually all treated public water supplies in Florida meet the National Interim Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Regulations. These findings are based on a water-quality reconnaissance of 126 raw and treated public water supplies throughout the State during the period February through April 1980. Primary drinking water regulations maximum contaminant levels were rarely exceeded, although mercury (1 site), fluoride (2 sites), and radionuclides (3 sites) in water supplies were above established maximum contaminant levels. Dissolved solids, chloride, copper, manganese, iron, color, sulfate, and pH, were occasionally slightly in excess of the recommended maximum contaminant levels of the secondary drinking water regulation. The secondary regulations, however, pertain mainly to the esthetic quality of drinking water and not directly to public health aspects. (USGS)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Chemical, physical, and radiological quality of selected public water supplies in Florida, February-April 1980 |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 81-31 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri8131 |
| Year Published | 1981 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Description | iii, 59 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
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