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Guidance and Information (or States on L..rovisions o(the Sale Drinking Water Act http://www.epa.gov/OG WDW/dwh/e-soc/24-d.htruXR` <br />• • <br />HI <br />FL <br />MO <br />MI <br />TX <br />Cane sugar <br />Agri. chems. <br />Plastics, resins <br />Misc. manufact. <br />Gen. Chemical <br />Top Five States <br />73,679 <br />38,456 <br />4440 <br />822 <br />800 <br />Major Industries <br />99,886 <br />815 <br />696 <br />400 <br />l26 <br />* Water/Land totals only include facilities with releases greater than a certain amount - <br />usually 1000 to 10,0001bs. <br />Learn more about your drinking water! <br />EPA strongly encourages people to team more about their drinking water, and to support <br />local efforts to protect and upgrade the supply of safe drinking water. Your water bill or <br />telephone book's government listings are a good starting point. <br />Your local water supplier can give you a list of the chemicals they test for in your water, <br />as well as how your water is treated. <br />Your state Department of Health/Environment is also a valuable source of information. <br />For help in locating these agencies or for information on drinking water in general, call: <br />EPA's Safe Drinking Water Hotline: (800) 426-4791. <br />For additional information on the uses and releases of chemicals in your state, contact <br />the: Community Right-to-Know Hotline: (800) 535-0202 <br />List of Contaminants <br />Drinking Water and Health <br />r~ <br />_.- <br />Search EPA OG~JDW Office Comments <br />of Water <br />Home <br />Revised January 23, 1998 <br />4 of 5 I I /17/98 8:39 PI <br />