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Overview of Safe Drinking Water in the U.S.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Drinking Water Requirements for States and Public Water Systems
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Understanding the Safe Drinking Water Act
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Ground Water and Drinking Water
- California Water Boards: 2021 Drinking Water Needs Assessment
Emerging Contaminants
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Basic Information on PFAS
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: EPA Actions to Address PFAS
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: INFOGRAPHIC: PFAS What You Need to Know
- Centers for Disease Control: Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) Factsheet
- The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS): Processes & Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: National Toxicology Program: Hexavalent Chromium
- American Water Works Association: Briefing on PFAS
- American Water Works Association: PFAS: Emerging Contaminants of Concern Resources
- Interstate Technology Regulatory Council: Microplastics Remediation Technologies/Techniques Fact Sheet
Interstate Technology Regulatory Council: Technical Resources for Addressing Environmental Releases of PFAS - Interstate Technology Regulatory Council: PFAS Treatment Technologies
- Interstate Technology Regulatory Council: VIDEO: PFAS History and Use
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: ToxFAQS for Perfluoroalkyls
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: An Overview of the Science and Guidance for Clinicians on PFAS
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Information for Clinicians and Environmental Health Professionals
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: PFAS FAQs
Infrastructure
- US Environmental Protection Agency: Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFA)
- American Society of Civil Engineers: 2021 Infrastructure Report Card
- National Association of Water Companies: Infrastructure Investment
- Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency: National Infrastructure Advisory Council Water Sector Resilience: Final Report and Recommendations
- American Public Health Association (APHA): Drinking Water and Public Health in the United States
- Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA): 2019 Analysis of State Drinking Water Programs’ Resources and Needs
- Brookings Institution: Investing in water: Comparing utility finances and economic concerns across U.S. cities
Naturally Occurring Contaminants
- U.S. Geological Survey: Understanding Chemical and Microbial Contaminants in Public Drinking Water
- American Water Works Association: Managing Lead in Drinking Water
- The Water Research Foundation: Lead & Copper
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Arsenic
- Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA): Lead Service Line Replacement for States
Waterborne Illnesses & Pathogens
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Waterborne Disease in the United States
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Infectious Waterborne Disease in the United States
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Parasites – Giardia
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Legionella (Legionnaires’ Disease and Pontiac Fever)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Waterborne Diseases