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Safe Drinking Water Act

Opinion: Forty more years of progress on water infrastructure

Posted Tue, 2012/10/23 - 4:23pm by RCAP

From the Associated General Contractors of America:

Forty years ago, the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution went into effect. The Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, known as the Clean Water Act (CWA), became law after the bill was vetoed by President Nixon. In a tradition that continues to this day, the legislation was spurred on by bipartisan support and public opinion.

Notice of public meeting: Preliminary Regulatory Determinations for the Third Contaminant Candidate List

Posted Thu, 2011/06/02 - 9:49am by RCAP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a public stakeholder meeting on June 16, 2011, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern daylight time) in Washington, D.C., to discuss the agency’s Regulatory Determinations for the third Contaminant Candidate List, or CCL3. The agency is currently in the preliminary process of making decisions about whether to regulate any of the unregulated contaminants on the third Contaminant Candidate List as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act.

EPA releases searchable website for drinking water violations

Posted Fri, 2011/05/20 - 8:44am by RCAP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced improvements to the availability and usability of drinking water data in the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) tool. ECHO now allows the public to search to see whether drinking water in their community met the standards required under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), which is designed to safeguard the nation’s drinking water and protect people’s health. SDWA requires states to report drinking water information periodically to EPA.