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25 Years of the Safe Drinking Water Act:
History and Trends

EPA 816-R-99-007

December 1999

25Years of the Safe Drinking Water Act: History and Trends

Although people have been drinking water forever, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the public health protection that it provides have only been around since 1974. EPA's new report examines the changes that have taken place over the last 25 years.

read the report in PDF format (1.6M)
download the report's cover (as seen at left)

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Sections of this report have been modified to create fact sheets on The History of Drinking Water Treatment (EPA 816-F-00-006) and Drinking Water: Past, Present, and Future (EPA 816-F-00-002).

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25 Years of the Safe Drinking Water Act: History and Trends

25 Years of the Safe Drinking Water Act:
History and Trends