Safe+Drinking+Water+Act+(SDWA)

**SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)**
 * enacted in 1974
 * to protect the quality of drinking water from public water systems
 * EPA
 * "authorized to establish minimum standards to protect tap water and requires all owners or operators of public water systems to comply with these primary (health-related) standards" (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2008)