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  2. Safe Drinking Water Act - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Wellhead protection program - Wikipedia

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    Under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-523, 42 U.S.C. 300 et. seq), an aquifer can be designated as a Sole Source Aquifer if the aquifer supplies at least 50% of a community's drinking water and there is no alternative drinking water source.

  4. Wellhead protection area - Wikipedia

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    A wellhead protection area is a surface and subsurface land area regulated to prevent contamination of a well or well-field supplying a public water system. This program, established under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 330f-300j), is implemented through state governments.

  5. Drinking water quality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the US EPA to set standards for drinking water quality in public water systems (entities that provide water for human consumption to at least 25 people for at least 60 days a year). [3] Enforcement of the standards is mostly carried out by state health agencies. [4]

  6. Which drinking water is healthiest? The pros and cons of tap ...

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    The act also requires water systems to issue annual water quality reports to customers. “This protects the health of our drinking water supplies, and mostly just protects us,” Kauffman says.

  7. Chemical compound found in U.S. drinking water that could ...

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    “Protecting America’s drinking water is a top priority for EPA and the Biden-Harris Administration is fulfilling its commitment that all Americans have access to safe drinking water. The study ...

  8. Drinking water quality legislation of the United States

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    The Safe Drinking Water Act is the principal federal law governing public water systems. [1] These systems provide drinking water through pipes or other constructed conveyances to at least 15 service connections, or serve an average of at least 25 people for at least 60 days a year. As of 2017 there are over 151,000 public water systems. [2]

  9. 'A ticking time bomb': Why California can't provide safe ...

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    Across the state, 81 systems in the last three years have sent 850 notices to customers that their drinking water had high levels of one of the three most common contaminants, according to system ...