Safe Drinking Water Act

Drinking Water Supply – What affects our water?

The recent oil pipeline spill in Mayflower, Arkansas last month had residents worried about their drinking water quality. And rightly so. Oil spills are just one of many threats to public health and safety, and the public water supply. However, thankfully, Mayflower’s water supply has been given a clean bill of health by the Arkansas Department […]

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Safe Drinking Water Act

We covered the Clean Water Act in a previous post. The Safe Drinking Water Act is the Clean Water Act’s counterpart, regulating the treatment of drinking water in the US. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the main federal law that ensures the quality of Americans’ drinking water, originally passed by Congress in 1974 to protect […]

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