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An overview of EPA Ground Water Rules

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This page is an overview of the series of articles on the Ground Water Rule written by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and published in recent issues of Rural Matters magazine.

The goal of this series of articles is to help ground water systems navigate their way through the Ground Water Rule (GWR) requirements.

Download all five articles in one package (1.47 MB)


Article 1: Introduction to the rule
Some of the key elements of the rule were introduced. Find this article in Rural Matters 2010 issue 3, page 18 or view the online version

Article 2: Triggered and additional source water monitoring
Find this article in Rural Matters 2010 issue 4, page 18 or view the online version

Article 3: Compliance monitoring and assessment source water monitoring
Find this article in Rural Matters 2010 issue 5, page 18 or  view the online version

Article 4: Sanitary surveys and corrective action
Find this article in Rural Matters 2010-2011 issue 6, page 16 or view the online version

Article 5: Ground Water Rule Public Notification and Consumer Confidence Report requirements for community and non-community water systems
Find this article in Rural Matters 2011 issue 6, page 18 or view the online version