EPA Safe Drinking Water Act & Water Treatment Processes

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Learning Objectives:
  • Explain the scope of EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
  • Understand the differences between public drinking water systems.
  • Define what primary and secondary maximum contaminates limits mean.
  • List examples of MCLs.
  • Examine EPA’s Regulations for Drinking Water Systems.
  • Give examples of capacity development used by public drinking water systems.
  • Compare different performance-based processes used in drinking water treatment.
  • Distinguish the difference between MCLs and MCLGs.