chicago gets its drinking water from lake michigan structures.
chicago gets its drinking water from lake michigan structures.
what structures does chicago get its drinking water from?
lake michigan
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the wellhead protection program in the 1986 amendments to the safe drinking water act requires states to protect underground sources of drinking water from contaminants that may adversely affect human health. more than one-third of the people in the united states depend on groundwater for drinking water. however, residential, municipal, commercial, industrial, and agricultural activities can all contaminate groundwater. in the event of contamination, a community’s drinking water supply can develop poor quality or be lost altogether. groundwater contamination might not be detected for a long period of time and health problems can occur from drinking contaminated water. cleanup of a contaminated underground source of drinking water may be impossible or so difficult it costs thousands or millions of dollars. the u.s. congress requiring wellhead protection programs by 42 u.s.c. § 300h–7 in the safe drinking water act applied the concept that it is better to prevent groundwater contamination than try to remediate it. u.s. congress by 42 u.s.c. § 300h–7 requires identification of the areas that need implementation of control measures in order to protect public water supply wells from contamination as "wellhead protection areas". communities can use the police power established by the tenth amendment to the u.s. constitution to enforce zoning and subdivision regulations to protect drinking water sources. thereby communities can direct development away from areas that would pose a threat to drinking water sources.
wellhead protection program