When we determine which communities are more likely to get their water from contaminated supplies, median household income is not the best measure. That’s according to a recent study that found social factors — such as low population density, high housing vacancy, disability and race — can have a stronger influence than median household income on whether a community’s municipal water supply is more likely to have health-based water-quality violations.
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Source: ScienceDaily