Who regulates drinking water?
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets standards and regulations for many different contaminants in public drinking water, including disease-causing germs and chemicals.
What regulates water quality?
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the main federal law that ensures the quality of Americans’ drinking water. Under SDWA, EPA sets standards for drinking water quality and oversees the states, localities, and water suppliers who implement those standards.
What is a water quality regulator?
The State and Regional Water Boards are California’s regulatory agencies responsible for ensuring that the quality of the State’s rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, ocean, and groundwaters is protected.
Does the government control water?
Under the Clean Water Act the federal government has authority to regulate “Waters of the United States” for pollution prevention and other purposes.
What are the six categories of drinking water contaminants?
But before you wander off there, I’ll give you a breakdown of the six main contaminant categories here.
- Microorganisms. These are what you think they are.
- Disinfection Byproducts.
- Disinfectants.
- Inorganic Chemicals.
- Organic Chemicals.
- Radionuclides.
What is the international network of drinking water regulators?
The International Network of Drinking-water Regulators (RegNet) is an international forum to share and promote best practice as it relates to drinking-water regulation and protection of public health. The network’s mission is to protect public health, as it relates to drinking-water,…
What are the drinking water standards and regulations?
Further EPA information on drinking water regulations and contaminants: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR)External. These regulations are legally enforceable standards that apply to public water systems. Primary standards protect public health by limiting the levels of contaminants in drinking water.
Why are national secondary drinking water regulations important?
These regulations protect public health by limiting contaminant levels in drinking water. National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations (NSDWR) are guidelines to help public water systems manage their drinking water for issues not related to health, such as taste, color, and smell.
Who is in charge of regulating bottled water?
Bottled water is regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , not EPA. Every public water system or community water supplier must provide an annual report, sometimes called a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR), to its customers.