Safe Drinking Water of 1974

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Weinmeyer et al. (2017) confirm that President Gerald Ford signed into law the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. It was the first legislation piece to provide a clear and comprehensive framework for mo... nitoring drinking water supply. Since the law's implementation, it became instrumental in creating standards that ensured that individuals accessed safe drinking water. However, the Safe Drinking Water Act delegated much of its regulatory requirements to specific regions producing a complicating system with standards that must be enforced and followed. The law was also established under the guidelines of the Environmental Protection Agency, created in 1970. This law’s main aim was to prevent infectious diseases transmitted through water. This essay describes the purpose, federal and state government enforcing the law, where the law is found in the federal regulations’ code as well as the benefits of the law. [Show More]

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