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Evaluation of household water quality in Smyth and Washington Counties, Virginia

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dc.contributorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.contributorDepartment of Biological Systems Engineeringen
dc.contributorVirginia Cooperative Extensionen
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Burton Blakeen
dc.contributor.authorChilders, L. A.en
dc.contributor.authorParrott, Kathleen R.en
dc.contributor.authorBourne, Amanda C.en
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.countySmyth Countyen
dc.coverage.countyWashington Countyen
dc.coverage.stateVirginiaen
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-30T16:38:37Zen
dc.date.available2013-07-30T16:38:37Zen
dc.date.issued2001-06en
dc.description.abstractDuring Spring and Fall 2000 in Smyth and Washington Counties, Virginia, programs of household water quality education, which included water sampling, testing, and diagnosis, were conducted. Participation in the water quality programs was made available to any resident of these two counties who utilized a private, individual water supply. During the course of the projects, 109 households submitted water samples which were analyzed for iron, manganese, hardness, sulfate, chloride, fluoride, total dissolved solids, pH, saturation index, copper, sodium, nitrate, and total coliform and E. coli bacteria. These analyses identified the major household water quality problems in these two counties as iron/manganese, hardness, and bacteria. Following completion of the programs, a survey was mailed to the 109 participants. Fifty-two participants returned survey forms on which they identified their reason(s) for participating in such a program; the primary reason was concern about safety of their water supply. Returned survey forms also provided insight into measures participants had already taken, or planned to take, to improve the quality of their water supply. Nearly three-fourths of the households who reported having at least one water quality problem had taken, or planned to take, at least one measure to improve the quality of their water supply. Fifteen percent or more of all participants had taken, or planned to take, one or more of the following actions: use bottled water for drinking/cooking, shock chlorinate the water system, and purchase or rent water treatment equipment.en
dc.format.extentvi, 30 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/23562en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Cooperative Extensionen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPublication (Virginia Cooperative Extension) ; 442-939en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHousehold water quality series ; 49en
dc.rightsVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.A522 A345en
dc.subject.lcshWater quality -- Virginia -- Smyth Countyen
dc.subject.lcshWater quality -- Virginia -- Washington Countyen
dc.titleEvaluation of household water quality in Smyth and Washington Counties, Virginiaen
dc.typeExtension publicationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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