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The Environmental Protection Agency: What They do to Keep Your Drinking Water Safe
Citation:
ALMASSALKHI, B. The Environmental Protection Agency: What They do to Keep Your Drinking Water Safe. Presented at Wyoming Middle School, Wyoming, OH, May 01, 2009.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform public
Description:
The EPA has been around for 35 years, but it was only in 1974 that they passed the Safe Drinking Water Act. The Act was amended several times in order to improve the minimum drinking water standards. These standards, which are in effect today, are constantly being evaluated and improved upon to make water healthier for all. It is within the EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water that set national health-based drinking water standards to protect the public from both naturally-occurring and man-made contaminants that may be found in drinking water. Some examples include nitrates, phosphates, and arsenic. By evaluating water from all over the United States, the EPA can pinpoint the location of the contaminants and help the communities eliminate them effectively. In my presentation I will present the drinking water standards, demonstrate the procedures that municipal water plants may use to purify water for drinking, and help them see how they can help the EPA in a common quest for cleaner water and water conservation.
