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Lead in tap water from the City of Dayton, Ohio

Haman, Kayla Marie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1526300798659429

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2018, Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Lead (Pb) in public tap water is a national health concern and is the main pathway of human exposure to Pb. The City of Dayton has verified Pb pipelines and homes with Pb plumbing; thus, residents are at risk to Pb leaching into their tap water. I sampled water from 130 residential and 24 public water taps and measured Pb and copper (Cu). Five percent of samples exceeded the action level for Pb (> 15 µg/L) and none exceeded the action level for Cu. The City of Dayton’s lead pipeline map identifies potential Pb exposure from Pb distribution pipes. However, the samples that exceeded Pb action level were from the first draw, indicating Pb-bearing plumbing and fixtures within Dayton homes drives Pb concentrations in my dataset. Most of the samples that exceeded action level were from homes assessed below Dayton’s median household value and built before 1986.
Chad Hammerschmidt, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Silvia Newell, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Robert Ritzi, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
74 p.
Public Health
lead; tap water; public health; lead and copper rule

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  • Haman, K. M. (2018). Lead in tap water from the City of Dayton, Ohio [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1526300798659429

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Haman, Kayla. Lead in tap water from the City of Dayton, Ohio. 2018. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1526300798659429.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Haman, Kayla. "Lead in tap water from the City of Dayton, Ohio." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1526300798659429

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