2.

1 Some statutes under which EPA

principle
controls water pollution are

1974 Safe Drinking Water Act

where the EPA established federal standards
to control the level of harmful contaminants
drinking
in

water all public water system

in .

1972 Water Pollution Control Act amendment

H expanded ferderal role , funding and planning .

Objective of the act was to restore and maintain

integrity of nation water

's .

1972 Clean Water Act

framework for effort to control water
pollution .

1986 Sale Act amended

Drinking
focused
Water
on
groundwater protection
-

establish wellhead protection program

•

protection for sole -

source
aquifer protection .
2.3 point water pollution are pollution from a

single identifiable source

,
e.
g. pipe /
factory
oil refineries
paper mills, , chemical manufacturers ,

automobile manufacturers Treatment Plant

,
sewage .

Non -

point water pollution -

are pollution that do
not from single
orginate a source

( farms , construction site ,

mining forestry
,

and urban runoff

2. 5 (a)
NYS Department of Environmental
(b)
Conservation and Department of Health

2) IPA sets the standard for

drinking
water

by placing compound of concern on the CCL

List . EPA then must decide atleast 5
make
regulatory determination
contaminants to a .