UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                                                                                WSG6
                                                          Date Signed: December 3, 1976
MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT:   Water Hauler

FROM:      Alan Levin, Director (signed by Alan Levin)
             State Programs Division, Office of Water Supply (WH-550)

TO:          Water Division Directors
       Region V requested an official interpretation of the applicability of the Safe Drinking
Water Act to water haulers. A water hauler purchases water from a community water supply and
delivers it in batch lots to farmers and other residents living in remote areas who do not otherwise
have access to water for household use.

       The attached opinion from the Office of General Counsel finds water haulers are public
water supplies.
Attachment

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