Alabama Water Quality Information System

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	241.-		Is exposure to the chemical element of boron in drinking water a health risk and is there a federal drinking water standard for this element?


	242.-		Is it better to rely on some type of pretreatment process to lower dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in a raw water supply that is leading to formation of unacceptable levels of disinfection byproducts (DBPs), or is it better to remove disinfection byproducts from the finished water supply?


	243.-		Is it common for natural water sources to contain asbestos fibers?


	244.-		Is it okay to use hot water from the tap to make baby formula?


	245.-		Is it possible for arsenic to exceed the drinking water standard at customers' taps when arsenic concentration in a raw water source is below the drinking water standard?


	246.-		Is it safe for pregnant women and children to drink perchlorate-contaminated water?


	247.-		Is it safe to use water with blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) in it for cooking?


	248.-		Is it unusual to have bacteria in major under ground aquifers?


	249.-		Is lead (Pb) leaching from copper plumbing in my house a health hazard?


	250.-		Is lead (Pb) leaching from pipe scales an issue for all water distribution systems?


	251.-		Is my private well water at risk for arsenic contamination?


	252.-		Is nitrate (NO3-) in our diets from the water we drink or food we eat as bad for us as we once thought?


	253.-		Is nitrate becoming more of a problem in shallow ground waters used for drinking water supplies?


	254.-		Is nitrification (bacterial production of nitrite) in a drinking water system more of a concern for water systems that use chloramines instead of chlorine gas as a secondary disinfectant?


	255.-		Is perchlorate harmful to human health?


	256.-		Is perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), used in Teflon production, considered a potential human health concern in drinking water?


	257.-		Is potential lead contamination a concern for rural public school systems that have their own water system and were built prior to or during the 1960s?


	258.-		Is radon harmful in drinking water?


	259.-		Is showering or bathing in water contaminated with perchlorate a health threat?


	260.-		Is softened water ideal for drinking and cooking?


	261.-		Is store-bought bottled water tested for perchlorate and considered safe from perchlorate comtamination?


	262.-		Is storm water runoff from asphalt treated with coal tar sealants in urban areas a source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) pollution?


	263.-		Is the aluminum used to treat drinking water associated with Alzheimer's or other neurological diseases?


	264.-		Is the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) reducing my exposure to lead leaching in drinking water?


	265.-		Is the scale that builds up in plumbing as precipitates from solution always carbonates?


	266.-		Is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in agreement with the combined reference dose (RfD) and other protection measures set by EPA to protect the public from exposure to perchlorate in both contaminated food and drinking water?


	267.-		Is the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as an additive in gasoline going to be discontinued because of the groundwater contamination issue?


	268.-		Is there a drinking water standard for manganese?


	269.-		Is there a drinking water standard for tannin and lignin?


	270.-		Is there a greater chance of getting an infection from Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), the bacterium now known to cause stomach ulcers and gastric cancers, if one drinks from non-treated private water sources?

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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.