Talk:Drinking water quality in the United States

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No mention of pesticides?
I'm currently searching various articles to answer a personal question: what are the risks of groundwater contamination from (commercially synthetic) pesticides, specifically in our drinking water from a backyard well? I was surprised to see no mention of pesticide in this article. - PrBeacon (talk) 19:24, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

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Hello, I am employed by Boston University's Fineman & Pappas Law Libraries. After reviewing this Wikipedia page, I believe that information from one of our faculty's scholarship might provide a valuable addition to this page. I would appreciate it if this requested edit could be reviewed.

Add to second paragraph: "Most of the public water systems that are out of compliance are small systems in rural areas and small towns." This is because most water supply systems are outdated and at risk of failing.' For example, 21 million people were at risk of drinking contaminated water that did not meet water quality standards in 2015, alone, as 9% of water systems were reported as having water quality violations. Cf2022 (talk) 18:36, 24 January 2021 (UTC)Cf2022


 * @EMsmile, you might want to look at this one, too. WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:43, 9 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Added the reference, not the phrase, which doesn’t fit the lead. The reference by itself fits the existing paragraph. Ferkijel (talk) 22:00, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: ENVS 135
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The article appears to be neutral. The claims or frames do not seemed to be heavily biased towards a particular position. There is room for expansion for section about Disinfectants; which could easily be expanded through more research on the matter. The information appears to be up to date, even discussing some changes to drinking water quality in the year 2021. Djbaker22 (talk) 05:45, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

nice map here of contaminant in us water per state
https://www.nrdc.org/resources/lead-pipes-are-widespread-and-used-every-state 91.154.169.156 (talk) 05:30, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Thoughts on Article
This seemed to be a neutral approach to informing the public about the drinking quality in the US. I appreciated the detail in which the author went into in regards to the specific substances being regulated by Federal standards. I think a deeper dive into the private water systems would be helpful as these are the systems that cause the most issues for Americans. The references seemed concrete and most if not all of the information was cited correctly. Although there is somewhat recent information cited, I believe that a refresh of data from the past couple years would also add to the validity of the article. Overall, I found it interesting to read, and very easy to understand. - Miele17 Miele17 (talk) 03:41, 1 September 2023 (UTC)