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Forever chemicals in Ohio's drinking water: Why Cincinnati is better off than Indian Hill. Gannett. Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer. November 21, 2023 at 7:00 PM. A water researcher tests a sample ...
Feb. 26—WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced this week that the state of Ohio is receiving another major investment from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ...
The EPA on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, proposed limiting the amount of harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water to the lowest level that tests can detect. (Travis Long/The News & Observer ...
The Safe Drinking Water Act ( SDWA) is the principal federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public. [ 3 ] 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 ...
Drinking water quality in the United States is generally safe. In 2016, over 90 percent of the nation's community water systems were in compliance with all published U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) standards. [1] Over 286 million Americans get their tap water from a community water system. Eight percent of the community water ...
In the United States, public drinking water is governed by the laws and regulations enacted by the federal and state governments. Certain ordinances may also be created at a more local level. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the principal federal law. The SDWA authorizes the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create and ...
Maximum contaminant levels ( MCLs) are standards that are set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for drinking water quality. [1] [2] An MCL is the legal threshold limit on the amount of a substance that is allowed in public water systems under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The limit is usually expressed as a ...
Amid concerns of algal blooms, the Ohio EPA reported Tuesday that 86% of the state's major rivers are meeting water quality standards.