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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />FEDERAL LEGISLATION <br />To safeguard public drinking water supplies and to protect public health, <br />Congress passed a law in 1974 commonly referred to as the Safe Drinking Water <br />Act (PL93-523). The law directed the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency <br />(EPA) to establish minimum national drinking water standards. These standards <br />set limits on the amount of various substances sometimes found in drinking <br />water. <br />The intent of the act is that every community water supply in the country <br />,serving 15 or more connections, or 25 people, must insure that its water meets <br />these minimum standards of purity. <br />In the 1974 law, Congress not only wanted to assure safe drinking water <br />for all Americans, but it also wanted the primary responsibility for this <br />program to rest on the shoulders of the state. Each state is to adopt <br />drinking water standards at least as strict as the national standards. Each <br />state must also carry out adequate monitoring and enforcement requirements. <br />If the state does not assume this responsibility, EPA will step in and conduct <br />the program itself. <br />Effective June 24, 1977, the Town of Granby must periodically sample <br />and test the water supplied to its customers. If the tests reveal that a <br />national water standard has been violated, the Town must take action to <br />correct this situation and also notify the responsible state agency of the <br />violation. The Town must also notify the consumer telling him through the' <br />newspaper, radio and/or television that a drinking water standard has been <br />violated. <br /> <br />III-l <br />