The Safe Drinking Water Act gave the EPA powers to regulate underground injections to prevent the contamination of drinking water sources. Yet, this loophole has prevented the federal oversight of ...

Today, the country still reaps the benefits. Most Americans are provided high-quality water from their taps. “At a time when the American public is skeptical of the government’s ability to take ...

President Gerald R. Ford signed the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1974. “It's great that we've had it for, like, 50 years now,” McNaughton said.

“The Safe Drinking Water Act established, if you will, the rules of the road, the process by which we make a determination about whether to regulate, and then at what levels to regulate.” ...

Within the U.S., tap water sources are heavily regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. Because of this bill, the EPA is able to set ...

Minnesota leaders mark 50 years of clean drinking water in the state 01:52. ST. PAUL, Minn. — Exactly 50 years ago Monday, the Safe Drinking Water Act was signed into law. It was the first time ...

On Dec. 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford signed the Safe Drinking Water Act into law, which created a standards playbook for all public water utilities set by the Environmental Protection Agency.