How is the safety of your water regulated?
Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974
- EPA sets limits on the amounts of hazardous contaminants allowed in public water supplies
- Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG)
- Level at which a adult weighing 70 kg (154 lb) could drink 2 L of water containing the contaminant every day for 70 years without suffering any ill effects
- Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)
- The maximum permissible level of a contaminant