when was the safe drinking water act enacted
December 16, 1974
title: Safe Drinking Water Act text: maintaining the bacteriological quality of drinking water. The Safe Drinking Water Act was one of several pieces of environmental legislation in the 1970s. Discovery of organic contamination in public drinking water and the lack of enforceable, national standards persuaded Congress to take action. Historically, up through 1914, drinking water quality in the United States was managed at the state and local level. After that, interstate waters were protected using United States Public Health Service (USPHS) standards. Ultimately the USPHS standards were adopted and expanded as national drinking water standards after passage of the 1974 law. The 1974 law very clearly title: Safe Drinking Water Act text: Safe Drinking Water Act The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the principal federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public. Pursuant to the act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to set standards for drinking water quality and oversee all states, localities, and water suppliers that implement the standards. The SDWA applies to every public water system (PWS) in the United States. There are currently over 151,000 public water systems providing water to almost all Americans at some time in their lives. The Act does not cover private wells. The SDWA title: Safe Drinking Water Act text: in Drinking Water Act" in 2011. This amendment, effective in 2014, tightened the definition of "lead-free" plumbing fixtures and fittings. The "Drinking Water Protection Act" was enacted on August 7, 2015. It required EPA to submit to Congress a strategic plan for assessing and managing risks associated with algal toxins in drinking water provided by public water systems. EPA submitted the plan to Congress in November 2015. The "Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act" was signed by President Barack Obama on December 11, 2015. The amendment provides technical assistance to small public water systems, to help them title: Safe Drinking Water Act text: sound science and risk-based standard setting, small water supply system flexibility and technical assistance, community-empowered source water assessment and protection, public right-to-know, and water system infrastructure assistance through a multibillion-dollar state revolving loan fund. The amendments were signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 6, 1996. Through the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Safe Drinking Water Act was amended to exclude the underground injection of any fluids or propping agents other than diesel fuels used in hydraulic fracturing operations from being considered as "underground injections" for the purposes of the law. Congress passed the "Reduction of Lead title: Safe Drinking Water Act text: which this was applied was the "Phase I" final rule, published on July 8, 1987. At that time NPDWRs were promulgated for certain synthetic volatile organic compounds and applied to non-transient non-community water systems as well as community water systems. This rulemaking also clarified that non-transient non-community water systems were not subject to MCLs that were promulgated before July 8, 1987. The 1986 amendments were signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on June 19, 1986. In addition to requiring more contaminants to be regulated, the 1986 amendments included: In 1996, Congress amended the Safe Drinking Water Act to emphasize