Ground Water Contamination and Household Response in Missouri

Even though the actual water supply systems are interconnected and integrated, the drinking water has two sources of water, surface water and groundwater, which are subject to different management, monitoring and control. Historically, Missouri has a large quantity of fine freshwater resources, most of the state drinking water comes from surface water in the northern half of the state, but most of the southern population receives water from the underground aquifer (Missouri Department of Natural Resources, 2010).

About half of the people in North Carolina state use groundwater as the main source of drinking water. Ground water quality is generally good. The main cause of groundwater contamination is leakage of the underground tank, and it is contaminated with gasoline, diesel, heating oil in the underground storage tank. A comprehensive program is underway to evaluate potential polluted areas and develop national groundwater protection strategies. From 1993 to 1995, North Carolina continued to adopt an aggressive program to manage non-point pollution. North Carolina State established the NPS working group, established NPS team in each of the 17 basin areas, issued guidelines to establish point / non point pollution source reduction trading system, and set up Neuse River nutrition susceptible waters (NSW) management Introduced. Proposed plan for intermediate plan

Non-point source contamination categories that affect water bodies include agriculture, atmospheric sedimentation, channelization, construction, contaminated sediment, contaminated groundwater, regulation of flow, deforestation (forestry), groundwater load, road maintenance / Spillage, hydrology, reconstruction involving habitat, in situ contamination, land development, land disposal, marinas, on-site disposal systems, recreational activities, removal of river vegetation, resource harvesting, coastline reconstruction, instability of river beds And unspecified or other non point source contamination