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Regulation at the Customer's Tap
Author(s) -
Reinert Robert H.
Publication year - 1988
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.1551-8833.1988.tb02984.x
Subject(s) - tap water , safe drinking water act , agency (philosophy) , business , liability , water utility , point (geometry) , environmental planning , finance , water supply , engineering , water quality , environmental engineering , environmental science , sociology , ecology , biology , social science , geometry , mathematics
This article discusses the problems, both legal and practical, of water utilities being regulated at the tap by the US Environmental Protection Agency. As the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) amendments are now written, the point at which the water supplying utility will be regulated (the treatment plant or the tap) is ambiguous. At what point in the distribution system a utility's liability ends is also discussed.