Rural Water Supply and Sewer Systems: Background Information

Copeland, Claudia

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Rural conditions;    Water supply;    Water quality;    Water resources;    Infrastructure;   

RP-ID  :  98-64
RP-ID  :  98-64_2008Aug25

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act, which impose requirements regarding drinking water quality and wastewater treatment in rural areas. Approximately 27% of the U.S. population lives in areas defined by the Census Bureau as rural. Many rural communities need to complete water and waste disposal projects to improve the public health and environmental conditions of their citizens.