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Revision of USEPA Drinking Water Regulations
Author(s) -
Alston Marc R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1984.tb00364.x
Subject(s) - safe drinking water act , interim , agency (philosophy) , maximum contaminant level , environmental planning , water contamination , business , environmental protection , law , environmental science , groundwater , political science , water quality , engineering , contamination , ecology , philosophy , geotechnical engineering , epistemology , biology
The Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA, Public Law 96‐502, as amended) directs the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to issue National Primary Drinking Water Regulations in interim and revised forms. This article discusses the regulatory revision process and some possible upcoming changes in the regulations, both with respect to new concepts and specific contaminants. This is part one of a two‐part article on revision of the USEPA Drinking Water Regulations. Part two appears in the January 1985 issue of OpFlow.