Southwest Water Authority has once again received Certificates of Achievement for Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 from the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ). The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) applies to every public water system in the United States. Southwest Water Authorityâs five public water systems achieved this Certificate of Achievement. These public water systems include service from the Water Treatment Plants in Dickinson, the OMND Water Treatment Plant, and the Crown Butte, Junction Inn and Tower Hill pocket areas in Morton County.
By law, all public water systems are required by the SDWA to take actions to protect source water and provide safe drinking water. The SDWA was passed by Congress in 1974 to protect public health by regulating the nationâs public drinking water supplies. Over the years, there have been a number of changes to the SDWA. These changes have made it more challenging to maintain compliance. The NDDEQ issues a SDWA Cer
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As the Corporate Environmental Lawyer Blog celebrates Earth Day,
we turn to the important topic of drinking water. Drinking water,
like the air we breathe, is an environmental issue that everyone
interacts with on a daily basis. But, much like air pollution,
contamination of drinking water often has the largest impact on
poor communities and communities of color.
In a 2019 report co-authored by environmental
organizations Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ),
Coming Clean, and Environmental Justice Health Alliance
( EJHA ), the groups analyzed EPA data on community
MS. PSAKI: Okay. Happy Earth Day, everyone. And joining us in the Briefing Room for the second time I told you they’d come back and take more questions; I deliver on my promises is National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.
We’re, of course, very excited to have them here. After their short remarks, they will be able to take just a few questions because they have a busy Climate Summit under way.
On day one, President Biden fulfilled his promise to rejoin the Paris Agreement. And as part of reentering the Paris Agreement, the President launched a whole-of-government process that was organized through his Climate Task Force to establish the 2030 emissions target, which is known as the “nationally determined contribution” or “NDC.” And it’s a formal submission to the United Nations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.