Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementation and Issues

Tiemann, Mary

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Environmental protection;    Environmental law and legislation;    Potable water;    Water resources;   

RP-ID  :  IB10118
RP-ID  :  IB10118_2004Dec08

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses key drinking water issues in the 108th Congress involving water infrastructure funding and problems caused by specific contaminants, such as the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), perchlorate, and lead in drinking water. Congress last reauthorized the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in 1996, and although funding authority for most SDWA programs expired in FY2003, broad reauthorization efforts were not pursued as EPA, states, and water utilities continued implementing the 1996 amendments.