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This is a list of Superfund sites in Missouri designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) are standards that are set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for drinking water quality. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] An MCL is the legal threshold limit on the amount of a substance that is allowed in public water systems under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
Approximately 18,000 systems are transient, non-community water systems (such as rural gas stations or campgrounds). [3] Eight percent of the Community Water Systems—large municipal water systems—provide water to 82 percent of the US population. [4] The SDWA authorized the EPA to promulgate regulations regarding water supply.
EPA poster explaining public water systems and Consumer Confidence Reports. The SDWA requires EPA to issue federal regulations for public water systems. [16] [17] There are no federal regulations covering private drinking water wells, although some state and local governments have issued rules for these wells.
Collectively, the EPA estimates it will cost $1.5 billion per year for America’s 66,000 public drinking water systems to monitor their water for PFAS, inform customers of the results and find ...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has defined three types of public water systems: Community Water System (CWS). A public water system that supplies water to the same population year-round. Non-Transient Non-Community Water System (NTNCWS). A public water system that regularly supplies water to at least 25 of the same ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is scheduling different water systems throughout the state for the more than 1,000 public water systems that include municipalities, rural water ...
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the primary federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public. [3] Pursuant to the act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to set standards for drinking water quality and oversee all states, localities, and water suppliers that implement the standards.