Water: Resources
Ground Water and Drinking Water Topics
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- Access Drinking Water Data Online
- Aircraft Drinking Water Rule
- Agricultural Drainage (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 152K)
- Analytical Methods
- Annual Public Water System Compliance Report
- Aquaculture (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 157K)
- Aquifer Recharge (AR) & Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR)
- Aquifer Remediation (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 152K)
- Area-Wide Optimization Program (AWOP)
- Arsenic
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C
- Capacity Development
- Carwashes (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 154K)
- Careers at Public Water Systems
- Chemical Contaminants
- Chloramines in Drinking Water
- Children and Drinking Water Standards
- Chromium
- Chromium 6 (Hexavalent Chromium)
- Citizen's Guide to Ground-Water Protection
- Class 1 Injection Wells
- Class 2 Injection Wells
- Class 3 Injection Wells
- Class 4 Injection Wells
- Class 5 Injection Wells
- Class 6 Injection Wells (Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide)
- Climate Change and Water
- Climate Ready Water Utilities (CRWU) Toolbox
- Climate Resilience Evaluation & Awareness Tool (CREAT)
- Coliform
- Community-Based Water Resiliency (CBWR)
- Community Water System
- Community Water System Survey 2000
- Comprehensive State Ground Water Protection Programs
- Consumer Information
- Consumer Confidence Report Rule
- Contaminant Candidate List
- Copper
- Cross-connection Control
- Cryptosporidium (PDF) (2 pp, 8K)
- Cryptosporidium Lab QA Evaluation Program
- CUPSS (Check Up Program for Small Systems)
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- Databases
- Decontamination for the Water Sector
- Disinfection Byproducts
- Distribution Systems
- Drinking Water Academy
- Drinking Water Research Information Network (DRINK)
- Drinking Water Needs Survey
- Drinking Water Quality Reports (Consumer Confidence Reports)
- Drinking Water Standards
- Drinking Water Research - EPANET
- Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
- Drinking Water Strategy
- Drinking Water Watch
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- E. Coli
- Economics
- Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water
- Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)
- Emergency Preparedness
- Emergency Response Plan Guidance (PDF) (45 pp, 404K)
- Enforcement
- Environmental Technology Verification Program
- Español
- Exemption
- Experimental (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 153K)
F
- Facts & Figures
- Fecal coliform
- Federal Funding for Utilities - Water/Wastewater - in National Disasters (Fed FUNDS)
- Filter Backwash Rule
- Fluoride
- Food Processing Disposal (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 153K)
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
- Frequent Questions
- Funding
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- Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide (Class 6 Injection Wells)
- Geothermal Direct Heat Return Flow (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 155K)
- Geothermal Electric Power (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 148K)
- Glossary - Drinking Water Glossary
- Ground Water
- Ground Water Rule
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- Health Effects
- Health Advisories
- Heat Pump/Air Conditioning Return Flow (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 157K)
- Hexavalent Chromium (Chromium 6)
- Home Water Filtration (PDF) (7 pp, 1MB)
- Home Water Testing (PDF) (2 pp, 562K)
- Hurricane
- Hydraulic Fracturing
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- Indian Tribes
- Industrial & Municipal Waste Disposal Wells (Class I Injection Wells)
- Information Collection Rule
- In-Situ Fossil Fuel Recovery (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 148K)
- Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
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- Laboratory Quality Assurance Evaluation Program for Analysis of Cryptosporidium
- Laboratory Certification
- Large-Capacity Cesspools (Class V Injection Well)
- Large-Capacity Septic Systems (Class V Injection Well)
- Laundromats without dry cleaning facilities (Class V Injection Well)(PDF) (1 pp, 146K)
- Lead and Copper Rule Revisions
- Lead in Drinking Water
- Local Drinking Water Information
- Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
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- Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)
- Mercury
- Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MtBE)
- Microbials and Disinfection Byproducts
- Microbes
- Mine Backfill (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 152K)
- Mining Wells (Class III Injection Wells)
- Monitoring
- Motor Vehicle Waste Disposal Wells (Class V Injection Well)
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- National Contaminant Occurrence Database
- National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC)
- National Drinking Water Advisory Council's Meeting Summaries
- Current National Drinking Water Advisory Council Working Groups
- Past National Drinking Water Advisory Council Working Groups
- Arsenic Cost Working Group
- Benefits Working Group
- Consumer Confidence Rule Working Group
- Contaminant Candidate List (CCL) Classification Process Working Group
- Contaminant Candidate List Regulatory Determinations & 6-year Review of Existing Regulations Working Group
- Drinking Water Research Working Group
- Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Working Group
- Health Care Providers Working Group
- Microbials/Disinfection Byproducts Rules Working Group
- Occurrence & Contaminant Selection Working Group
- Operator Certification Working Group
- Public Education Requirements of the Lead and Copper Rule Working Group
- Right-to-Know Working Group
- Small Systems Affordability Working Group
- Small Systems/Capacity Development
- Small Systems Implementation Working Group
- Underground Injection Control/Source Water Working Group
- Water Security Working Group
- National Incident Management System (NIMS)
- National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
- Natural Gas Extraction (Hydraulic Fracturing)
- Needs Survey - Drinking Water Infrastructure
- Nitrate
- Nitrite
- Non-Community Water System
- Noncontact Cooling Water (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 151K)
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- Occurrence & Contaminant Selection
- Occurrence Data: Accessing Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Data
- Oil and Gas Related Wells (Class II Injection Wells)
- Operator Certification
- Optimization Program [Area-Wide Optimization Program (AWOP)]
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- Partnership for Safe Water
- Pandemic Flu Planning for the Water Sector
- Perchlorate
- Pharmaceuticals
- Primacy State
- Protect Your Drinking Water: What you Can Do
- Public Input
- Public Notification Rule
- Public Service Announcements
- Public Water System (PWS)
- Publications
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R
- Radon in Drinking Water
- Radionuclides
- Raw Water
- Recent Additions
- Regional EPA Offices
- Regulations
- Research (Risk assessment)
- Research (Water Supply & Water Resources)
S
- Safe Drinking Water Act
- Safe Drinking Water Hotline
- Safe Drinking Water Information Systems (SDWIS)
- Salt Water Intrusion Barrier (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 148K)
- Sampling Guide: Interactive Guide to Water Sampling
- Sanitary Survey
- Sewage Treatment Effluent (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 157K)
- Schools and Child Care Facilities
- Secondary Drinking Water Standards
- Septic Systems: What to do After a Flood
- Shale Gas Extraction (Hydraulic Fracturing)
- Shallow Hazardous and Radioactive Injection Wells (Class IV Injection Wells)
- Shallow Non-Hazardous Injection Wells (Class V Injection Wells)
- Six Year Review of Drinking Water Standards
- Small Systems
- Sodium
- Sole Source Aquifer
- Solution Mining (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 148K)
- Source Water Assessment and Protection Programs
- Source Water Protection
- Source Water Protection A to Z Topics
- Special Drainage (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pp, 156K)
- Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
- Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
- Spanish
- Spent Brine Return Flow (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pg, 147K)
- Standards-Setting Program
- Standards and Risk Management
- States
- Storm Water Drainage Wells (Class V Injection Well)
- Subsidence Control (Class V Injection Well) (PDF) (1 pg, 150K)
- Sulfate
- Surf Your Watershed
- Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Sustainable Infrastructure
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- Tabletop Exercise Tool for Water Systems (TTX)
- Total Coliform Rule
- Treatment Technology
- Training
- Tribal
U
- Underground Injection Control Program
- Class 1 Rule for Underground Injection Wells
- Class 2 Rule for Underground Injection Wells
- Class 3 Rule for Underground Injection Wells
- Class 4 Rule for Underground Injection Wells
- Class 5 Rule for Underground Injection Wells
- Class 6 Rule for Underground Injection Wells (Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide)
- Class 1 Rule for Underground Injection Wells
- Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring (UCM) program
- Usage
- UV Disinfection (PDF) (436 pp, 8MB)
V
- Variances and Exemptions
- Virtual Tour of a Water Treatment Plant
- Vulnerability Self Assessment Tool (VSAT)
W
- Water Conservation
- Water Contaminant Information Tool (WCIT)
- Water Cycle For Kids
- Water Health and Economic Analysis Tool (WHEAT)
- Water Laboratory Alliance (WLA)
- Watershed Poster
- Water on Tap: What You Need to Know
- Water Security
- Water Security A to Z Topics
- Water Security Initiative (WSI)
- Water Supply Guidance
- Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (WARN)
- Wells (Private Drinking Water Wells)
- Wellhead Protection