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The Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) is a United States federal regulation that limits the concentration of lead and copper allowed in public drinking water at the consumer's tap, as well as limiting the permissible amount of pipe corrosion occurring due to the water itself. [1] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) first issued the rule in ...
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 ...
In 2017, the TCEQ had around 500 people assisting in the response to Hurricane Harvey. [5] During and long after the event, the agency kept the public informed by posting air-monitoring data in near real time, status of public water systems, and other information on its Hurricane Harvey webpage. [6]
Freeport is a small industrial city of 24,000 in northwest Illinois. For a price tag of $13 million, it's building a new public water system to tap deep into new, uncontaminated water sources.
A water system that delivers 3.6 million gallons of water a day to about 35,500 people in Machesney Park and Roscoe, North Park Water District is in phase one of a $58.7 million plan to eliminate ...
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), originally known as the Sanitary District of Chicago, is a special-purpose district chartered to operate in Cook County, Illinois since 1889. Although its name may imply otherwise, it is not a part of the City of Chicago 's local government but is created by Illinois state ...
Factory farms have been polluting the Illinois River watershed for decades. Stronger laws are needed to curb waste discharge, protect public health Opinion: Fines alone aren't enough to stop ...
EPA ensures safe drinking water for the public, by setting standards for more than 148,000 public water systems nationwide. [146] EPA oversees states, local governments and water suppliers to enforce the standards under the Safe Drinking Water Act. [147] The program includes regulation of injection wells to protect underground sources of ...