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Hot Topic: Community Water Systems Required To Distribute Consumer Confidence Reports, Steve Wyatt Oct 1998

Hot Topic: Community Water Systems Required To Distribute Consumer Confidence Reports, Steve Wyatt

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

A recent amendment to the Safe Drinking Water Act established the requirement for community water systems (CWS) to prepare a consumer confidence report (CCR) to distribute to their customers.


Technical Bulletins: Nonpoint Sources Of Water Pollution, Sharon Rollins Jan 1988

Technical Bulletins: Nonpoint Sources Of Water Pollution, Sharon Rollins

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Nonpoint sources of water pollution are defined as land and air use activities that contribute to pollution of ground and/or surface water as a result of runoff, of nonpoint source pollution leachate from septic tanks seepage, or percolation. Major sources are agriculture runoff, urban runoff, and landfills, runoff from forestry and mining operations, and hydrologic modifications. Nonpoint sources of water pollution are responsible for approximately three-fourths of the water quality problems in Tennessee.

The Clean water Act of 1987 (Act) requires states to begin addressing the problem of nonpoint sources of water pollution.


Technical Bulletins: $120 Million In Rural Water And Waste Disposal Grant Funds Released, Mtas Jun 1974

Technical Bulletins: $120 Million In Rural Water And Waste Disposal Grant Funds Released, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The information in this report was taken from City Perspectives, Vol. 6, No. 10, May 24, 1974, a biweekly federal administrative report of the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The report describes a program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, that released $120 million in rural water and waste disposal grant funds.