Alabama Water Quality Information System

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	211.-		What material was used to construct the main lines for the earliest known public water systems in America?


	212.-		What orthophosphate dose is required to reach the lowest stabilized lead (Pb) level that stays in solution in a drinking water supply?


	213.-		What requirements do public water systems have for dealing with bacteria?


	214.-		What requirements do public water systems have for dealing with radon?


	215.-		What roles do USDA's Rural Development and Utilities Service Programs play in helping provide safe water for American citizens?


	216.-		What should I do if my water utility issues a nitrate warning?


	217.-		What treatment processes reduce the formation of total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) in community drinking water?


	218.-		What type of water quality impacts can drought cycles have on ground water sources used to supply drinking water for public water systems in the Southeast?


	219.-		What types of pipe material and how much of each is used in water distribution systems in the United States?


	220.-		What utility services are included with my city water bill?


	221.-		What water systems are regulated by the Public Drinking Water Program (PDWP)?


	222.-		What would be a typical sewer bill rate in the United States?


	223.-		When and where was the first municipal waterworks system built in the United States?


	224.-		When do new water utilities have to start informing customers about their water quality through Consumer Confidence Reports (CCRs)?


	225.-		When was the first federal act for protecting drinking water in the United States?


	226.-		When was the first water distribution system built?


	227.-		Where and when was the first drinking water treatment plant built in the United States?


	228.-		Where can I get more information on my community drinking water?


	229.-		Where can information be found on the use of high density polyethylene (HDPE) for replacement of aging water distribution piping?


	230.-		Where do most drinking water supplies for community systems come from?


	231.-		Where does my community drinking water come from?


	232.-		Where does my tap water come from?


	233.-		Where is the best location to monitor for a potential arsenic problem in a water distribution system?


	234.-		Which type of germ is hardest to kill in drinking water, viruses, bacteria, or protozoan cysts?


	235.-		Who do I complain to if my municipal drinking water is not acceptable?


	236.-		Who makes sure that water utilities comply with notifying their customers at least once per year about the quality of their drinking water as required by the 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act?


	237.-		Who must comply with the Consumer Confidence Reports (CCRs) rule of the Safe Drinking Water Act?


	238.-		Why are our public water works infrastructure systems commonly referred to as buried assets?


	239.-		Why are the sewer rate charges on a water bill generally much more (often more than double) the cost per 1000 gallons of metered potable water to a single household?


	240.-		Why do fire hydrants have different colored tops?

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This website was developed by the ACES Water Quality Team, under the leadership of Dr. James E. Hairston. It is funded, in part, by USDA-CSREES water quality grant support under Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998.