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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.
On an individual basis, each homeowner or business owner can take additional steps to protect their own drinking water by investing in any number of water purifiers or water filters available on the market today. After having the water tested, a few Google searches can invariably provide the information necessary to make an informed decision on how best to deal with each particular circumstance.

September 11, 2008