United States       EPA 810-F-97-001
                               Environmental Protection  May 1997
                               Agency
                               Office of Water (4601)

                               Water on Tap:

                               A Consumer's
                               Guide to the
                               Nation's Drinking
                               Water
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The water we drink is essential to our health and well-
being, indeed, life itself. We rely on tap water
daily  ... often without much thought about where it
comes from or how it gets there. None of use should
take drinking water for granted. It's up to all of us—
private citizens, the drinking water industry, and all
levels of government—to help maintain the quality of
our drinking water supply.

    Where does your drinking water come
    from?

    How do you know if your drinking water is
    safe?

    How can you protect it?
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    What can you do if there's a problem with
    your drinking water?

To help answer these—and other—questions, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepared
Water on Tap: A Consumer's Guide to the Nation's
Drinking Water. This booklet explains how regulators
and the water industry work to provide safe drinking
water. It reviews how water delivery systems work,
how we can decrease water use, and how recent
changes to the Safe Drinking Water Act will help
make  us better informed about the quality of our
drinking water. And it explains how we can all get
involved in efforts to protect our drinking water.
Water on Tap: A Consumer's Guide to the Nation's
Drinking, Water is available now from EPA. To order
your copy, fill out the attached form and send it in.
Don't forget to put a first-class stamp on the front of
the form. The postal service won't deliver it without
one.
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