EESA10H3 Chapter 7: (303-309) LEC 3
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Almost 55,000 community water systems were serving 264 million people. Most reply on private water supplies live in rural areas and they have their own wells, where pipes can be used at home to pump water. There are at least 0. 5% -1% that pipes do not have water supply. Colonia"s are made up of mostly illegal immigrants and are lack of piped water is common. Most people in usa use water to water crops. Immigration of crops consumes enormous qualities of water, causing after use to exceed the renewable supply of most central plains in. Community drinking water is important to public health because the mechanism for delivering healthful water to many people and for spreading a health hazard to the same group of people. When hey are using wastewater treatment the focus is on pathogens and controlling it. To remove synthetic organic chemicals is more recent development and many communities have used specialized treatments to manage these chemical contaminants.