Providing Safe Drinking Water in America


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Providing Safe Drinking Water in America


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Providing Safe Driving Water in America: 2011 National Public Water Systems Compliance Report


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The United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is directed by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) to annually report on public water system (PWS) compliance in the United States. To meet this requirement, EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) publishes the annual National Public Water Systems Compliance Report (Report) summarizing the incidence of significant violations, which include all health-based violations and a subset of other violations, as shown in Table A-1. The Report for 2011 documents that, while the majority of the U.S. population served by PWSs receives safe drinking water, many PWSs incurred significant violations of federal drinking water quality standards. The number of PWSs with significant violations decreased from 39,716 in 2010 to 37,631 in 2011.




Providing Safe Drinking Water in America


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This 2nd annual national Public Water Systems Compliance Report describes how well States & the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are meeting the goal in 1997 of ensuring the public receives safe drinking water from public water systems & the steps being taken to improve the data that allow us to measure our success. Chapters: Executive Summary: Background: Statutory Requirements, National & State Public Drinking Water Programs, EPA Regulations, & Public Water Systems; Public Water Systems in States; Public Water Systems on Indian Reservations; EPA Activities Underway to Implement the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1998; Glossary of Terms; & Summaries of State Annual Compliance Report. Charts & tables.