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An example of societal mobility: Recent Census data show that in a given year, roughly 16% of the U.S. population moves and that about half of those moving leave the counties they had been living in. Consequently, about 8% of the U.S. population changes its source of drinking water every year. Some of those 8% are "repeat movers", but there is obviously a significant number of people who do not drink from the same source of water for 70 years (the time period typically considered when establishing safe drinking water standards). |
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