Providing Safe Drinking Water in America: 1998 National Public Water Systems Compliance Report

The Safe Drinking Water Act requires that each state submits an annual report on public water system violations to EPA. The reports must address violations of national primary drinking water regulations with respect to MCLs, treatment techniques, significant monitoring requirements, and variances and exemptions. States must publish and distribute summaries of their reports to the public. EPA summarizes and evaluates the annual state reports in an annual national report, which must also make recommendations concerning the resources needed to improve compliance with SDWA.