Tampering with a public water system is a Felony.
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Criminal Provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) | US EPA
Describes the criminal provisions of SDWA
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March 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Tampering with a public water system is a Felony.
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SDWA regulations however do not apply to private wells or the person who decides that they can pump from a river and drink raw water thataway. Feel free to do so at your own risk!
July 8, 2026 at 5:25 AM
SDWA regulations however do not apply to private wells or the person who decides that they can pump from a river and drink raw water thataway. Feel free to do so at your own risk!
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was groundbreaking in 1974. But in 2024, communities across the country, especially Black, Latino and Indigenous communities, still don’t have access to safe, affordable drinking water. ejus.tc/3BAbmXp
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December 16, 2024 at 10:21 PM
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was groundbreaking in 1974. But in 2024, communities across the country, especially Black, Latino and Indigenous communities, still don’t have access to safe, affordable drinking water. ejus.tc/3BAbmXp
And if Iowans are looking for a local angle, we have been waiting since 2010 for a new health assessment of nitrate that may tell us the SDWA standard of 10 mg/L as N isn’t sufficient to protect folks from cancer and adverse birth outcomes. The future of that assessment is seriously in doubt….
July 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
And if Iowans are looking for a local angle, we have been waiting since 2010 for a new health assessment of nitrate that may tell us the SDWA standard of 10 mg/L as N isn’t sufficient to protect folks from cancer and adverse birth outcomes. The future of that assessment is seriously in doubt….
😵💫By 2016, Portland Water Bureau was the largest U.S. water system with over 10% of households repeatedly exceeding EPA's water lead limit (15 ppb, not health-based)
September 28, 2026 at 6:25 PM
😵💫By 2016, Portland Water Bureau was the largest U.S. water system with over 10% of households repeatedly exceeding EPA's water lead limit (15 ppb, not health-based)
This is what comes to mind when regime stooges like Kristi Noem claim that the Trump Administration is enforcing "all the laws."
They're not enforcing CAA, SDWA, RCRA, and CAFE standards. They proudly announced they're not enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
They're not enforcing CAA, SDWA, RCRA, and CAFE standards. They proudly announced they're not enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The Trump administration has “virtually stopped enforcing the Clean Air Act,” lodging just one consent decree in a relatively small case since Trump’s inauguration, compared with 26 in the first year of Trump's first term, & 22 in Biden’s first year. peer.org/under-epas-z... 1/
Under EPA’s Zeldin, Pollution Enforcement Dying a Quick Death
Department of Justice Civil Pollution Settlements Plummet to Record Lows
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January 27, 2026 at 8:35 PM
This is what comes to mind when regime stooges like Kristi Noem claim that the Trump Administration is enforcing "all the laws."
They're not enforcing CAA, SDWA, RCRA, and CAFE standards. They proudly announced they're not enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
They're not enforcing CAA, SDWA, RCRA, and CAFE standards. They proudly announced they're not enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The EPA certifies your drinking water analyses labs in your local water treatment plants.
All data has to be reported to the EPA. The legal basis for this is in the CWA and the SDWA, which SCOTUS just weakened.
All data has to be reported to the EPA. The legal basis for this is in the CWA and the SDWA, which SCOTUS just weakened.
March 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The EPA certifies your drinking water analyses labs in your local water treatment plants.
All data has to be reported to the EPA. The legal basis for this is in the CWA and the SDWA, which SCOTUS just weakened.
All data has to be reported to the EPA. The legal basis for this is in the CWA and the SDWA, which SCOTUS just weakened.
My only background in this comes from a course on environmental regs including the SDWA and the CWA and some research on environmental justice issues. But yes, the EPA “acceptable” lead level is a moving downward target precisely because they are trying to mitigate lead levels down to zero over time
November 5, 2023 at 12:50 AM
My only background in this comes from a course on environmental regs including the SDWA and the CWA and some research on environmental justice issues. But yes, the EPA “acceptable” lead level is a moving downward target precisely because they are trying to mitigate lead levels down to zero over time
3. I can say, based on evidence, that:
a. It is unusual for USEPA to issue consent orders under the SDWA v. the CWA.
There are a few states where more common (OK), but not many, and certainly not CA. Also, if you look at the frequency of EPA SDWA CDs under the current administration, they're rare.
a. It is unusual for USEPA to issue consent orders under the SDWA v. the CWA.
There are a few states where more common (OK), but not many, and certainly not CA. Also, if you look at the frequency of EPA SDWA CDs under the current administration, they're rare.
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
3. I can say, based on evidence, that:
a. It is unusual for USEPA to issue consent orders under the SDWA v. the CWA.
There are a few states where more common (OK), but not many, and certainly not CA. Also, if you look at the frequency of EPA SDWA CDs under the current administration, they're rare.
a. It is unusual for USEPA to issue consent orders under the SDWA v. the CWA.
There are a few states where more common (OK), but not many, and certainly not CA. Also, if you look at the frequency of EPA SDWA CDs under the current administration, they're rare.
Let me go get a job with the EPA, apparently they don’t be doing shit. No way this is covered in the SDWA
Omg this is the 3-D printed water that they approved as drinking water in Idaho 😂😂😂
April 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Let me go get a job with the EPA, apparently they don’t be doing shit. No way this is covered in the SDWA
“Just because Elon Musk doesn’t understand indirect costs doesn’t mean Americans should have to pay the price with their lives.”
For those that don’t know what they are, for a company, the various costs of doing business are sorted into two buckets - direct and indirect costs.
#ICallBullshit
For those that don’t know what they are, for a company, the various costs of doing business are sorted into two buckets - direct and indirect costs.
#ICallBullshit
February 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
50 years ago today, the SDWA was signed into law.
“The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the primary federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public.”
But at least one Utility skirted it w workarounds (loopholes):
“The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the primary federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public.”
But at least one Utility skirted it w workarounds (loopholes):
December 17, 2024 at 4:31 AM
50 years ago today, the SDWA was signed into law.
“The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the primary federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public.”
But at least one Utility skirted it w workarounds (loopholes):
“The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the primary federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public.”
But at least one Utility skirted it w workarounds (loopholes):
How much arsenic is in your drinking water? Maybe a lot less than there used to be, thanks to a 2001 change in the Safe Drinking Water Act! Read the paper, just out in ES&T: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10..... @rff.org @cornellbrooks.bsky.social @lsuagcenter.bsky.social
Impacts of the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act Arsenic Rule on Arsenic Occurrence †
This study provides the first retrospective analysis of the causal impacts of the 2001 US Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Arsenic Rule on arsenic (As) occurrence in public drinking water systems. Using...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
How much arsenic is in your drinking water? Maybe a lot less than there used to be, thanks to a 2001 change in the Safe Drinking Water Act! Read the paper, just out in ES&T: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10..... @rff.org @cornellbrooks.bsky.social @lsuagcenter.bsky.social
Nah, Nixon was. He was in an era when even being pretty right-wing meant signing the SDWA and CWA, but if you look at the creeps (pun intended) he surrounded himself with, like Tex Colson, E. Howard Hunt, Sturgis, Liddy, etc. those were genuine authoritarian fascists.
May 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Nah, Nixon was. He was in an era when even being pretty right-wing meant signing the SDWA and CWA, but if you look at the creeps (pun intended) he surrounded himself with, like Tex Colson, E. Howard Hunt, Sturgis, Liddy, etc. those were genuine authoritarian fascists.
Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to move forward with plans to delay and reconsider Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) limits for 6 (per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances) #PFAS chemicals. Learn more:
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Comments on EPA Plans to Rollback PFAS Drinking Water Limits
In late July, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened the National Drinking Water Advisory Council to brief them on plans to delay and weaken the first-ever Safe Drinking Water Act limits o...
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August 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to move forward with plans to delay and reconsider Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) limits for 6 (per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances) #PFAS chemicals. Learn more:
cleanwater.org/publications...
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The final regulations are outlined here, www.epa.gov/sdwa/and-pol...
April 13, 2024 at 2:47 AM
The final regulations are outlined here, www.epa.gov/sdwa/and-pol...
Safe drinking water and clean wastewater is at high risk right now. The CWA and SDWA are under threat.
August 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Safe drinking water and clean wastewater is at high risk right now. The CWA and SDWA are under threat.
Let's keep in mind that this ruling only applies to US Constitutional protections ONLY.
There's still many avenues to pursue Justice and accountability, such as:
Filing statutory lawsuits under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
Pursuing state-level environmental law violations.
There's still many avenues to pursue Justice and accountability, such as:
Filing statutory lawsuits under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
Pursuing state-level environmental law violations.
September 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Let's keep in mind that this ruling only applies to US Constitutional protections ONLY.
There's still many avenues to pursue Justice and accountability, such as:
Filing statutory lawsuits under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
Pursuing state-level environmental law violations.
There's still many avenues to pursue Justice and accountability, such as:
Filing statutory lawsuits under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
Pursuing state-level environmental law violations.
I sit on the board of a small rural domestic water company near Paonia, in Delta County CO (+ 36% R/potus-vote).
Cutting programs like this hurts small and rural places.
"Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program, SDWA 1459A(l)"
#copolitics
Cutting programs like this hurts small and rural places.
"Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program, SDWA 1459A(l)"
#copolitics
January 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I sit on the board of a small rural domestic water company near Paonia, in Delta County CO (+ 36% R/potus-vote).
Cutting programs like this hurts small and rural places.
"Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program, SDWA 1459A(l)"
#copolitics
Cutting programs like this hurts small and rural places.
"Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program, SDWA 1459A(l)"
#copolitics
« Dysfonctionnements graves et persistants », résidents en danger : un Ehpad du Pays basque fermé par les autorités
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January 24, 2026 at 9:31 AM
« Dysfonctionnements graves et persistants », résidents en danger : un Ehpad du Pays basque fermé par les autorités
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On December 16, 1974, The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) became law.Fifty years ago, President Gerald Ford signed the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the principal law regulating tap water quality in the United States. www.youtube.com/channel/UC1T...
Sierra Club Water Sentinels
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December 16, 2024 at 6:26 PM
On December 16, 1974, The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) became law.Fifty years ago, President Gerald Ford signed the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the principal law regulating tap water quality in the United States. www.youtube.com/channel/UC1T...
5/ my feel is not sure if there will be a cut, but it absolutely won’t be as significant as what is proposed. Bipartisan support that this is an important program that benefits every state and should stay on.
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How the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Works | US EPA
The DWSRF was established by the 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) as a financial assistance program for systems and states to achieve the health protection objectives of the law, ...
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April 30, 2026 at 12:11 AM
5/ my feel is not sure if there will be a cut, but it absolutely won’t be as significant as what is proposed. Bipartisan support that this is an important program that benefits every state and should stay on.
www.epa.gov/dwsrf/how-dr...
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REMEMBER
Lead exposure of any level INCREASES MISCARRIAGES and is toxic to fetuses and children.
Since 1991 EPA limit is 15 ppb for drinking water, replacing the 1975 SDWA at 50 ppb.
If they roll back lead regulations and there is an increase in miscarriage, the govt played a hand in that.
Lead exposure of any level INCREASES MISCARRIAGES and is toxic to fetuses and children.
Since 1991 EPA limit is 15 ppb for drinking water, replacing the 1975 SDWA at 50 ppb.
If they roll back lead regulations and there is an increase in miscarriage, the govt played a hand in that.
January 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
REMEMBER
Lead exposure of any level INCREASES MISCARRIAGES and is toxic to fetuses and children.
Since 1991 EPA limit is 15 ppb for drinking water, replacing the 1975 SDWA at 50 ppb.
If they roll back lead regulations and there is an increase in miscarriage, the govt played a hand in that.
Lead exposure of any level INCREASES MISCARRIAGES and is toxic to fetuses and children.
Since 1991 EPA limit is 15 ppb for drinking water, replacing the 1975 SDWA at 50 ppb.
If they roll back lead regulations and there is an increase in miscarriage, the govt played a hand in that.