Clean Water Act
This Act was created in
What is 1972?
This Act was created in
What is 1974?
From 2011 to 2015, this city was under a state receivership due to financial troubles by the city
What is Flint, Michigan?
Supplies funds to assist states and localities in regulatory and remediation activities to meet the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act, it’s almost never enough money
Although water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface, less than ___ is freshwater?
What is less 1%?
This Act was first amended
What is 1977
This Act was rewritten in
What is 1996?
Required that community water treatment systems provide annual Consumer Confidence reports
Provided funding to localities to help improve their systems
In April of 2014, the city’s state-appointed manager switched the source of drinking water from Detroit’s system to the _____ in an effort to save money
What is the Flint River?
These are used to kill microbes in water and may also be harmful to drinkers
What are chemicals?
The supply of freshwater is inadequate to meet the demands of the local population.
Lakes and rivers should be fishable and swimmable; and all pollutant discharges should be eliminated
What are the two national goals of the Clean Water Act?
Sedimentation
Coagulation
Filtration
Disinfection
What are the basic steps to decontaminate or treat water?
By September, it had become clear that the more from the Flint River was corroding the lead pipes that carried water to the city, causing lead levels in the public water supply to spike
What is acidic water?
These pollutants have not been researched much, and their potential impact on health is not well understood
What are hormones, pharmaceuticals, and household chemicals?
In the U.S.,_______ disputes over water shortages have already begun.
What are political disputes?
Well-defined locations that discharge pollutants into lakes and rivers; two of the biggest are municipal sewage and industrial discharges
What is Point-Source Pollution
Not regulated under the Safe Water Drinking Act
What are private wells?
In 2017, _______ were filed against 15 state and local officials involved in the Flint case
What is criminal charges?
This is a struggle for many communities, both small and large, to ensure safe drinking water
What is cost?
_____ are being depleted at rapid rates
What are aquifers?
Comes from stormwater runoff from farmland, construction sites, and urban streets
What is Nonpoint-source pollution?
Is under the regulation of the FDA, which requires it to meet the EPA’s standards, but enforcement is not strict
What is bottled water?
In 2019, the state implemented the______ which charges modest fees to dairy producers and fertilizer manufacturers, as well as a $0.95-per-month voluntary contribution by residential water customers that are collected via water bills; funds are used to improve water quality in needier areas.
What is the Safe and Affordable Water Drinking Fund?
Provides useful data for evaluating (1) the adequacy of existing water treatment technologies and (2) the effectiveness of drinking water regulations
What is CDC surveillance?
Pure water is both a_______ and a____________.
What is limited resource and public health necessity?