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Regulation at the Customer's Tap

Robert H. Reinert

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This article discusses the problems, both legal and practical, of water utilities being regulated at the tap by the US Environmental Protection Agency. As the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) amendments are now written, the point at which the water supplying utility will be regulated (the treatment plant or the tap) is ambiguous. At what point in the distribution system a utility's liability ends is also discussed.

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Key concepts: Tap water, Safe Drinking Water Act, Agency (philosophy), Business, Liability, Water utility, Point (geometry), Environmental planning