Contents

• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• ROUNDTABLE ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, RESEARCH, AND MEDICINE
• Reviewers
• Preface
• Summary
• Remarks and Charge to Participants
• Workshop Objectives
• 1. Status of Science and Policies for Ensuring the Protection of Source Water and Drinking Water
  • ARE THE CURRENT POLICIES ABLE TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES?
  • ARE RECENT ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ABLE TO MEET THE HEALTH CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING SAFE DRINKING WATER?
• 2. Assessment and Management Practices: Impact on Health
  • SOURCE WATER ASSESSMENT AT THE STATE LEVEL
  • LAND-USE PLANNING: A CONCERN FOR SOURCE WATER PROTECTION?
  • IMPACTS OF NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION ON DRINKING WATER AND HUMAN HEALTH
  • NUTRIENT LOADING: CRITICAL LINK IN THE CHAIN
• 3. Emerging Issues in Providing Safe Drinking Water
  • STATUS AND TRENDS IN ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION OF NITROGEN AND MERCURY IN THE UNITED STATES
  • NONREGULATED CONTAMINANTS: OLD POLLUTANTS, NEW CONCERNS; NEW POLLUTANTS, UNKNOWN ISSUES
  • PATHOGENS IN WATER: ADDRESSING A PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT VIA THE POTENTIAL SYNERGISM OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
• 4. Change: Implications at the Water-Human Health Interface
• 5. Charting a Course for the Future
  • DO WE NEED A NEW PARADIGM?
  • WATER AS A COMMODITY
  • YOUR WASTEWATER IS SOMEONE ELSE'S DRINKING WATER
  • MONITORING AS A RESEARCH NEED
  • LAND-USE POLICY AND SOURCE WATER PROTECTION
  • KEEPING WATER IN THE LOCAL WATERSHED
  • EDUCATION AND PUBLIC TRUST
• Abstracts
  • THE INTERFACE OF SCIENCE AND POLICY: ARE THE CURRENT POLICIES ABLE TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES?
  • ARE RECENT ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ABLE TO MEET THE HEALTH CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING SAFE DRINKING WATER?
  • OVERVIEW OF THE TEXAS SOURCE WATER ASSESSMENT PROJECT
  • LAND-USE PLANNING: A CONCERN FOR SOURCE WATER PROTECTION?
  • IMPACTS OF NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION ON DRINKING WATER AND HUMAN HEALTH
  • NUTRIENT LOADING: CRITICAL LINK IN THE CHAIN
  • STATUS AND TRENDS IN ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION OF NITROGEN AND MERCURY IN THE UNITED STATES
  • PATHOGENS IN WATER: ADDRESSING A PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT VIA THE POTENTIAL SYNERGISM OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
  • CHANGE: IMPLICATIONS AT THE WATER-HUMAN HEALTH INTERFACE
• References
• Appendix A Workshop Agenda
• Appendix B Speakers and Panelists
• Appendix C Workshop Participants

This study was supported by the contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Health (Contract No. 282–99–0045, TO#5); National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contract No. 200–2000–00629, TO#7); National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contract No. 0000166930); National Health and Environment Effects Research Laboratory and National Center for Environmental Research, Environmental Protection Agency (Contract No. 282–99–0045 TO#5); American Chemistry Council; and Exxon-Mobil Corporation (unnumbered grants). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.

This summary is based on the proceedings of a workshop that was sponsored by the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine. It is prepared in the form of a workshop summary by and in the names of the editors, with the assistance of staff and consultants, as an individually authored document.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.