ABSTRACT
Water quality issues often are not uppermost in the minds of homeowners or decision-makers. The water is there, and tend to take for granted that it is clean, safe, and plentiful. Community groups can work to heighten awareness of these issues (e.g., Scio Residents for Safe Water). New visualization technologies can be very helpful in capturing the attention of groups that might otherwise remain complacent. One contaminant that may be present in urban water supplies, offering a potential threat to public health, is 1,4-dioxane. It is a substance that may be released from industrial plants, detergents, and other hosts. Once in the system, it is highly mobile, stable, and difficult to remove. Remediation involves substantial commitment from local and federal agencies alike. This chapter develops technique to plot large data sets to Google Earth beginning in April 2007.
