Ground‐Water Protection and Reclamation

Abstract
Ground‐water quality and ground‐water usage in the United States, laws and policies currently in force that affect ground‐water quality protection and restoration of contaminated ground waters, current technologies for pollution prevention and aquifer restoration after contamination, research activities and needs to deal with present and future ground‐water protection, and restoration efforts are discussed. It is concluded that present U.S. federal laws are more than adequate to protect and clean up the nation's ground waters; compliance with existing ground‐water pollution prevention legislation will be most effective. While national interest in the protection and cleanup of the nation's ground waters is well justified, panic over the current status of ground‐water quality is not. Research needs to be expanded on how to prevent substances from being released to the environment during handling, treatment, storage, or disposal, with specific emphasis, on loss control, along with continued efforts to develop and refine methodologies to clean up contaminated soils and aquifers.

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