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Legislative History of the Safe Drinking Water Act
Author(s) -
Kyros Peter N.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1974.tb02101.x
Subject(s) - legislation , legislature , business , environmental planning , political science , environmental protection , engineering , law , environmental science
One of the consequences of an industrialized and highly technological society is that the safety of its drinking water becomes seriously jeopardized. A threat of such magnitutde is a warning to the Congress. Federal legislation concerning this issue has been in the House since 1970, and now the Safe Drinking Water Act is about to go to the floor.