{"id":1428,"date":"2017-05-16T15:01:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2018-04-27T20:52:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T20:52:23","slug":"report-finds-tap-water-contaminants-every-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/report-finds-tap-water-contaminants-every-state\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report Finds Tap Water Contaminants in Every State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/resources\/threats-tap-widespread-violations-water-infrastructure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This post from the NRDC<\/a> states directly in its very first sentence: &#8220;America has a drinking water crisis.&#8221; That was written in response to a study conducted by the organization that found more than 80,000\u00a0reported violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act by community water systems in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sdwa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The\u00a0Safe Drinking Water Act<\/a> is a law established in 1974 that protects drinking water supplies throughout the nation. The NRDC analysis found violations of this law across the country in every state\u2014with the most offenses coming from Texas,\u00a0Florida, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Georgia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wqpmag.com\/research-shows-magnitude-contaminated-us-water-systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In this <em>Water Quality Products<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>, Erik Olson, NRDC health program director, notes two key challenges America is facing when it comes to maintaining safe drinking water:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The problem is two-fold: there\u2019s no cop on the beat enforcing our drinking water laws, and we\u2019re living on borrowed time with our ancient, deteriorating water infrastructure. 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