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In the 50,000 water systems surveyed in the study by the Environmental Working Group (EWS) between 2021 and 2023, there were ...
A Toast to the Safe Drinking Water Act Its radical idea—tap water should be safe to drink—has been a huge, underappreciated success. By James Salzman. Dec 16, 2014 8:00 AM.
The aging 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act is at fault. Congress must reform the law to guarantee the public’s right-to-know the quality of their drinking water­ in advance, and foster the ...
Today, the country still reaps the benefits. Most Americans are provided high-quality water from their taps. “At a time when the American public is skeptical of the government’s ability to take ...
In America, that right is enshrined in the Clean Water Act of 1972, which defines how the EPA regulates pollutants in U.S. waters, and the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, which establishes ...
"Today we reflect on 50 years of the Safe Drinking Water Act and are reminded of its profound impact on the nation's public drinking water supply," said M. Susan Hardwick, Chief Executive Officer ...
Therefore, the petition takes the position that the Safe Drinking Water Act requires that EPA monitor for, and regulate, an emerging contaminant like microplastic. A copy of the Petition can be ...
On Dec. 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford signed the Safe Drinking Water Act into law, which created a standards playbook for all public water utilities set by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on April 11th issued final Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) National Primary Drinking Water Standards for six PFAS which include: ...
Clean drinking water is our constitutional right. State Rep. Mary Isaacson’ bills HB 1413 and HB 1414 amend the Safe Drinking Water Act. The first lowers the level of acceptable contaminants in ...
Minnesota leaders mark 50 years of clean drinking water in the state 01:52. ST. PAUL, Minn. — Exactly 50 years ago Monday, the Safe Drinking Water Act was signed into law. It was the first time ...
On December 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford signed into law the Safe Drinking Water Act.Fifty years later, it remains one of America’s most important environmental laws and most effective public ...