Drinking Water
NACCHO supports local health departments in their frontline work to provide communities with safe drinking water. This page covers our resources addressing PFAS, lead poisoning prevention, and private water wells.
Used since the 1940s, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of man-made chemicals of significant concern, as they persist in the environment as well as in the human body, causing a number of adverse health issues including low infant birth weight, immune system effects, and increased cholesterol levels.
This factsheet provides an overview of PFAS, the issue of PFAS in drinking water, and how local health departments are responding to this issue.
Download the factsheet at http://bit.ly/PFASFactsheet.
About the HiAP + Lead Collaborative
NACCHO also participated in the HiAP + Lead Collaborative. The Collaborative, developed in 2018 and comprised of four national partners: the National Center for Healthy Housing, National Environmental Health Association, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and NACCHO, has assisted several health departments to use HiAP strategies in their lead poisoning prevention work. Visit NACCHO's HiAP webpage for more information on the Collaborative's work.
About Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
NACCHO is a member of the LSL Replacement Collaborative, a broad group of public health, water utility, environmental, labor, consumer, and housing organizations from across the country working together to encourage communities to accelerate the full replacement of lead service lines through collaborative efforts at the local level. Learn more at lslr-collaborative.org.
Watch the Collaborative's video to see LSL replacement in action, including what happens before, during, and after replacement.
Have questions about our lead poisoning prevention work? Contact [email protected].
Private Water Network
The mission of National Environmental Health Association's the Private Water Network (PWN) is to build a community for those working to support private water programs; to connect with their peers, to share experiences, insights, and resources, and to gain access to timely and relevant guidance for existing and emerging issues; and to build capacity to do the work more effectively and efficiently in order to protect the public’s health from contaminants in private water sources.
Membership to this virtual community of practice is free and offers access to the virtual platform that includes a discussion forum, resource library, event calendar, member directory, and community-wide search option. Members of the Network can engage on the virtual platform by uploading or downloading relevant materials, engaging in discussions, connecting with peers, and promoting relevant events. Furthermore, the membership to PWN also offers access to exclusive webinars and newsletters on private water issues. Join the Private Water Network.
More helpful partner resources are available below.
Email us at [email protected].