Municipal water systems
Municipal systems typically use a surface water source such as a lake
or river and have a treatment plant where the water is processed to make
it safe for human consumption. A few municipal systems and almost all
small community public water systems use drilled wells as a water source.
Most of these systems disinfect the water with chlorine and no other
treatment is necessary. Private individual and privately owned, shared
water supplies may use wells (dug, drilled or bored) or springs as drinking
water sources.
Community public water systems are required to test water supplies for
various types of contamination on a regular basis. Tests for coliform
bacteria are used as an indication of microbiological purity, and other
tests are run to gage the chemical purity of the water.
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I would like to thank Phillip Gibson Director of Research and Community
Outreach Warren Wilson College for allowing me to reproduce this
booklet. Some information on this page may be outdated as new ordnances
have been past in many municipalities. Please contact your local
agencies for updated ordnances. a new information Cd is being produced
at this time. Check back here for an announcement on when and how
to receive one once available. Or contact:
Phillip Gibson
Director of Research and Community Outreach
Warren Wilson College
PO Box 9000
Asheville, NC 28815-9000
828-771-3781
pgibson@warren-wilson.edu
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