A risk-based methodology for contaminant prioritization
- Submitting institution
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The University of Sheffield
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 2713
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.5942/jawwa.2014.106.0034
- Title of journal
- Journal - American Water Works Association
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- First page
- E150
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 0003-150X
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper describes a novel approach to prioritization of drinking water contaminants which moves beyond the typical focus on individual contaminants to compare across categories and incorporates uncertainty in estimating both the risk of undesirable water and the available knowledge about health impacts. The methodology was applied at the water utility serving Washington, DC to identify 14 priority contaminants out of a field of 753 and was subsequently used successfully to rank research needs for the UK Water Industry Research Drinking Water Quality initiative (UKWIR Report 17/DW/13/2). Paper was selected as Best Research Paper by Journal AWWA for 2014 (doi.org/10.1002/j.1551-8833.2015.tb11149.x).
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- Non-English
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