title: Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA): A Summary of the Act and Its Major
 Requirements
creator: Tiemann, Mary
publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
date: 2014-02-05
language: English
description: This report summarizes the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and its
 major programs and regulatory requirements. This report includes the drinking
 water security provisions added to the SDWA by the Public Health Security and
 Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-188), and lead
 reduction provisions as amended by P.L. 111-380. It also outlines amendments
 made in December 2013 by P.L. 113-64 (H.R. 3588) to explicitly exempt fire
 hydrants from coverage under the act's lead plumbing restrictions.
subject: Water law and legislation
subject: Water quality
subject: Water purification
coverage: United States
type: Report
format: 22 pages.
format: Text
identifier: crs: RL31243
identifier: local-cont-no: RL31243_2014Feb05
identifier: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc282322/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metadc282322