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ArticleJournal of water and health2025

Linking access to private drinking water system treatment, demographics, and water quality in southwest Virginia.

Justin Alan Lytle, Leigh-Anne Krometis, Erin Ling

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Article in Journal of water and health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Justin Alan LytleDepartment of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Ag-Quad Ln, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4629-5768
Leigh-Anne KrometisDepartment of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Ag-Quad Ln, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA E-mail: krometis@vt.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8602-1245
Erin LingDepartment of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1230 Washington St SW, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.

Funding

Virginia Environmental Endowment VEE#20-601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Private drinking water supplies (e.g. household wells) are non-regulated drinking water systems typically concentrated in rural areas. Previous research suggests that water quality issues in homes served by these systems are common, but limited efforts to link these issues to user sociodemographics render the design of interventions difficult. The work aims to link user demographics to the presence of in-home treatment for homes on private water supplies in Virginia. Between 2020 and 2024, water quality samples and paired surveys detailing user demographics were collected from six southwest Virginia counties. The most common contaminants observed, according to municipal health-based standards, were lead, copper,

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Drinking WaterWater PurificationWater QualityWater SupplyDemographyFemaleHumansSocioeconomic FactorsVirginiaDrinking Waterprivate wellsrural waterwater accessibilitywater perceptionwater qualitywater treatment

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PMID41170955

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