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12/20/2024
WT Staff
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December 20, 2024 1004 am EST
50 years of the Safe Drinking Water Act
Safe Drinking Water Act
Fifty years ago this week, national legislation was passed to ensure a consistent quality of drinking water for the American people. The Environmental Protection Agency has responsibility to assist drinking water facilities to source, treat and distribute potable water to the minimum standards established in the Safe Drinking Water Act, ensuring public safety and inspiring public confidence in municipal drinking water. The Department of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Division carries out the oversight for SDWA in Georgia, supporting 2381 licensed drinking water facilities to meet or exceed SDWA standards. Through the challenges of floods, contaminant spills and naturally occurring substances that must be removed from the drinking water, the personnel of water treatment facilities of Georgia are to be commended for their service.
See how Georgia's drinking water facilities SDWA compliance compares to Ohio, New York, Louisiana and California, here.
Pulaski County: Hawkinsville issued a BWA for all residents on Lee Street after a water main break Tuesday. According to the EPA Enforcement and Compliance History, Hawkinsville is a well-run drinking water facility with no serious violations and no record of non-compliance in the last 12 quarters. Hawkinsville supplies water to 7491 residents from a groundwater source in the Ocmulgee River watershed.
Streamflow Situation from the network of river monitors of the USGS throughout the watersheds of Georgia
Fair, 43 degrees at Warner Robins Air Force Base Friday morning, looking forward to a sunny day, high around 61. Savannah forecast office is reporting partly cloudy skies and 54 degrees, the high expected in the south today, 64 degrees.
Streamflows remain mostly seasonal statewide with below normal ratings found along the Chattahoochee River through Atlanta. No flooding is observed as of this report, no extreme lows observed in the network.
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