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Inside S. 1316
Author(s) -
Pontius Frederick W.,
Warburton Albert E.
Publication year - 1996
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.1551-8833.1996.tb06514.x
Subject(s) - safe drinking water act , agency (philosophy) , authorization , state agency , engineering , business , public administration , political science , water quality , environmental science , law , computer security , computer science , administration (probate law) , sociology , biology , ecology , social science
On November 29, 1995, the Senate passed S. 1316, the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) amendments, by a vote of 99 to 0. Details of the development of S. 1316, the Library of Congress' Congressional Research Service digest, a section‐by‐section summary, and the full text of the bill are available. Only the major provisions of the bill are summarized here: state revolving fund established; standard‐setting process revised; DBPs, radon, arsenic and sulfate addressed; filtration and disinfection addressed; monitoring to be revised; small system variances modified; capacity development addressed; source water quality partnerships; research programs authorized; authorizations provided for program grants; federal agency compliance; and watershed demonstration project.