Karen M. E. Emde, Daniel W. Smith, James A. Talbot, Les Gammie, Susan Ancel, Nelson Fok, Janet Mainiero
Health risks from infrastructure failures are not well understood, despite the potential widespread introduction of chemical, microbial, and physical contaminants, as well as service disruptions. Public health effects due to distribution infrastructure failures are the concern and responsibility of the local water utility, the health department, community medical care providers, and in special circumstances, emergency first response agencies. While the water utility is responsible for safe water, including the operation and maintenance of distribution infrastructure, other agencies including...
Health risks from infrastructure failures are not well understood, despite the potential widespread introduction of chemical, microbial, and physical ...
