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  2. Drinking water quality legislation of the United States

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    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. The major regulations are in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations: 40 CFR Parts 141, 142, and 143. Parts 141, 142, and 143 ...

  3. Drinking water quality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. 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.

  5. Fluoride in drinking water poses enough risk to merit new EPA ...

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    The World Health Organization has set a safe limit for fluoride in drinking water of 1.5. Separately, the EPA has a longstanding requirement that water systems cannot have more than 4 milligrams ...

  6. Drinking water quality standards - Wikipedia

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    In Europe, this includes the European Drinking Water Directive [1] and in the United States, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes standards as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act. China adopted its own drinking water standard GB3838-2002 (Type II) enacted by Ministry of Environmental Protection in 2002. [2]

  7. EPA to limit toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

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    The EPA on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, proposed limiting the amount of harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water to the lowest level that tests can detect. (Travis Long/The News & Observer ...

  8. United States Environmental Protection Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. [2] President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. [3]

  9. EPA imposes first national limits on 'forever chemicals' in ...

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    The EPA estimated that 6% to 10% of the country’s public water systems — 4,100 to 6,700 systems in total — will need to make changes to meet the new federal limits.