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How can I help protect drinking
water?
Using the new information that is now
available about drinking water, citizens can both be aware of the challenges
of keeping drinking water safe and take an active role in protecting drinking
water. There are lots of ways that individuals can get involved. Some
people will help clean up the watershed that is the source of their community's
water. Other people might get involved in wellhead protection activities
to prevent the contamination of the ground water source that provides
water to their community. These people will be able to make use of the
information that states and water systems are gathering as they assess
their sources of water.
Other people will want to attend public
meetings to ensure that the community's need for safe drinking water is
considered in making decisions about land use. You may wish to participate
as your state and water system make funding decisions. And all consumers
can do their part to conserve water and to dispose properly of household
chemicals.
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