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  "@type": "Dataset",
  "accessRights": "public",
  "contactPoint": [
    {
      "@type": "Kind",
      "fn": "Surveillance, Information Management ,and Statistics Office, DFWED",
      "hasEmail": "mailto:SIMSO@cdc.gov"
    }
  ],
  "description": "Cites CDC's estimate that ~1.1 million people/year get sick from drinking-water germs in the US (~1 in 300), with Legionella the top cause of tap-water outbreaks. Lists top-5 causes of outbreaks (2010-2022) separately for public/community water (Legionella, Campylobacter, Giardia, norovirus, Pseudomonas) and private water (Legionella, norovirus, E. coli, Cryptosporidium, Giardia).",
  "identifier": "https://www.cdc.gov/drinking-water/data-research/facts-stats/index.html",
  "inventoried": "2026-09-27",
  "keyword": [
    "Drinking water"
  ],
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED)",
    "subOrganizationOf": [
      {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)",
        "subOrganizationOf": [
          {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "name": "U.S. Department of Health and Human Services"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "title": "Drinking Water Facts and Statistics"
}