[HTML][HTML] Assessing the risk of acute gastrointestinal illness attributable to three enteric pathogens from contaminated private water wells in Ontario

T Latchmore, PD Hynds, RS Brown… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The province of Ontario compromises the largest groundwater reliant population in Canada
serving approximately 1.6 million individuals. Unlike municipal water systems, private well …

Classification of sub-populations for quantitative risk assessment based on awareness and perception: A cross-sectional population study of private well users in …

S Lavallee, PD Hynds, RS Brown, A Majury - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Private well users in Ontario are responsible for protective actions, including source
maintenance, treatment, and submitting samples for laboratory testing. However, low …

Texas Well User Stewardship Practices Three Years after Hurricane Harvey

AC Gitter, DE Boellstorff, DM Gholson, KJ Pieper… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Private wells are susceptible to contamination from flooding and are exempt from the federal
requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Consequently, well users must manage (eg …

Improving Private Well Testing Programs: Experimental Evidence from Iowa

GE Lade, J Comito, J Benning, C Kling… - … Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Approximately 23 million US households rely on private wells for drinking water. This study
first summarizes drinking water behaviors and perceptions from a large-scale survey of …

Twenty years of private well testing in New Jersey: A review of the United States's most comprehensive well water testing regulation

JA Gleason, HS O'Neill, RI Schwartz, NA Procopio - Water Policy, 2024 - iwaponline.com
Since the adoption of New Jersey (NJ) Private Well Testing Act (PWTA) over 20 years ago,
approximately 134,000 wells have been tested, representing an estimated 34% of the …

Targeted education and outreach to neighbors of homes with high gross alpha radioactivity in domestic well water

RI Schwartz, JA Gleason, HS O'Neill… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gross alpha, a measurement of radioactivity in drinking water, is the most frequent
laboratory test to exceed primary drinking water standards among wells tested under the …

[HTML][HTML] 'If it works, don't fix it': A qualitative study of knowledge, perception, and behaviour among private well owners in southeastern Ontario

S Lavallee, T Latchmore, R Egan, PD Hynds… - Groundwater for …, 2024 - Elsevier
Private well owners in Ontario are responsible for maintaining their wells and monitoring the
quality of their well water supplies. Protective actions including well maintenance, treatment …

Integrating consumer risk perception and awareness with simulation-based quantitative microbial risk assessment using a coupled systems framework: A case study …

T Latchmore, S Lavallee, PD Hynds, RS Brown… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Private well users in Ontario are responsible for ensuring the potability of their own private
drinking water source through protective actions (ie, water treatment, well maintenance, and …

Targeted private well outreach following a change in drinking water standard: arsenic and the New Jersey private well testing act

HS O'Neill, SV Flanagan, JA Gleason… - Journal of Public …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To notify and provide free arsenic water testing for homeowners who had a PWTA
arsenic result that passed for the MCL in 2006 or earlier but would exceed under the more …

Situating People and Place in Cancer Prevention: Arsenic in Drinking Water in Global to Local Context

H Chappells, T Dummer - … through Geospatial Science: Putting Cancer in …, 2024 - Springer
Arsenic in drinking water is a significant global health concern with long-term ingestion
associated with the development of several types of cancer. Moving from the globally …