EFFECT OF GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION AND REGULATION ACTS

Pollution of ground water can result in poor drinking quality, loss of water supply and a much greater threat to human life comes from our ground water being polluted, which is used for drinking and irrigation. When ground water become contaminated it is high clean up costs and high costs for alternative water supplies.

HEALTH PROBLEM

Large number of micro-organisms and thousands of chemicals have the potential to contaminate ground water.Drinking polluted ground water containing bacteria, viruses and other microbes can result in illnesses which includes hepatitis and cholera.Methemo-Globine Mia (blue baby syndrome) an illness affecting infants. Can be caused by high polluted drinking water that is high in nitrates. Benzene a component of gasoline is a human carcinogen. The serious health effects which includes learning disabilities in children. Nerve,kidney,and liver problem and pregnancy risk in human can take excessive lead containing drinking water.

                                                       


Preventing contaminated from reaching the ground water is the one of the best way to reduce the healthy risk associated with poor drinking water quality.

REGULATION TO PROTECT GROUND WATER

The safe drinking water Act (SDWA)

The safe drinking water Act established three drinking water source protection programs. The well-head protection program, sole source Aquifer program and the source water Assessment program. It is also called for regulation of the use of underground bore wells for water disposal and provided EPA and states with the authority to ensure that drinking water supplied by public water system meets minimum health standards.

Clean water Act

This Act regulates ground water that is shown to have a concentration with surface water.It sets standards  for allowable pollutant discharges to surface water.

Resource conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

This Act regulates treatment ,storage and disposal of hazardous and non hazardous waste.

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