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Eight percent of the community water systems—large municipal water systems—provide water to 82 percent of the US population. [2] The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the US EPA to set standards for drinking water quality in public water systems (entities that provide water for human consumption to at least 25 people for at least 60 days a ...
Learn about the causes, effects, and solutions of water pollution in the US, including sewage, industry, agriculture, and urban runoff. Find out how the Clean Water Act regulates point source pollution and how nonpoint source pollution is more challenging to control.
The Western States Water Council (WSWC) have negotiated federal, state, financial, ecological and technological constraints on water reuse with release of the EPA’s National Water Reuse Action Plan (WRAP) in 2020 as a collaborative effort in sustainability, security, and resilience of resources.
The Ogallala Aquifer is a shallow water table aquifer beneath the Great Plains in the United States, one of the world's largest aquifers. See a map of its saturated thickness, regions of water level decline and increase, and groundwater withdrawal rates by county.
Find out the top 50 U.S. ports by tonnage, including the Port of Houston, South Louisiana, Corpus Christi, New York/New Jersey, and New Orleans. See the cargo volume, domestic and foreign trade, and foreign imports and exports of each port.
Learn about the history, marketing, regulation and sources of bottled water in the U.S., the largest consumer market for bottled water in the world. Find out how much Americans drink, what types of water are available, and how they compare to tap water.
This web page provides a table of artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3) in the U.S. It also includes the state, coordinates, dam, river, and year of each reservoir.
A water tower is an elevated structure that supports a water tank to pressurize and store water for distribution and fire protection. Learn about the history, design and architecture of water towers, from ancient times to modern buildings, and see examples and images.