"Proceedings from the drinking water industry's only event focused on inorganic contaminants, held January, 2006 in August TX. Topics covered include the inorganics regulatory climate, implementation of treatments to remove inorganic contaminants, management of residuals produced by inorganic treatment processes, the latest on emerging contaminants such as perchlorate and chromium VI, advances in arsenic treatment technology selection tools and USEPA's small system strategy, membrane desalination, new techniques for dealing with contaminations such as iron, manganese, and nitrate, contamination accumulation in distribution systems, and much more."