Abstract
The provision of safe, wholesome drinking water is vital to the health of the population. This chapter will consider how endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) could potentially reach drinking water, and how treatment processes can remove such chemicals. Wastewater can represent a source of EDCs in the environment. Treatment of wastewater prior to discharge to environmental water can reduce EDC concentrations. However, the discharge of EDCs into bodies of water that may be used as sources of drinking water has given rise to the question of whether these EDCs can occur in drinking water. In this chapter, wastewater and drinking water treatment processes are described and their effectiveness in the removal of EDCs assessed. A summary is also provided of studies measuring the concentration of many EDCs throughout the world. The use of standards and guidelines to control the concentrations of chemicals, including EDCs, in environmental and drinking waters are outlined, and some suggestions are made as to how the presence of EDCs in the environment could be limited.
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