Safe Drinking Water Act, Section 1429: Ground Water Report to Congress

This report presents the findings that EPA has developed in consultation with a work group of state ground water managers, the Ground Water Protection Council, the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, and the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators regarding how our federal and state ground water protection programs can more effectively prevent ground water contamination problems in the future. In this initial report prepared under Section 1429, EPA programs are the focus of the discussion of federal ground water management activities. The next report to be prepared in three years will include a broader discussion with more information about other federal programs. U.S. EPA is grateful to our partners, the states, for their help in developing this report.