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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]
The DEQ also revised water samples to wrongly indicate that the water was safe, changing the lead-level results from unacceptable to acceptable, delaying action. [12] DEQ Director Dan Wyant acknowledged in October 2015 that the department had failed to follow the relevant federal regulation and had made other errors.
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.
As such, access to safe drinking water remains a cornerstone of public health and environmental justice. The rule would be the strictest lead regulations in more than three decades, T he ...
State lawmakers need to pass it, said Shei, and then Massachusetts can work with technical experts to develop the regulations. More than 1,600 private drinking water wells have received free PFAS ...
New federal rules on PFAS, the "forever chemicals" that have contaminated drinking water supplies, will require action from more water systems. 30 more drinking water systems in RI may need to ...
[16] [17] There are no federal regulations covering private drinking water wells, although some state and local governments have issued rules for these wells. [18] [19] EPA enters into primary enforcement authority (primacy) agreements with state governments, so in most states EPA does not directly enforce the SDWA. State rules can be different ...
The Supreme Court reviews a case on water regulations, the White House is poised for another use of the Defense Production Act and there’s a new policy for law enforcement at the Interior ...