Drinking Water Requirements for States and Public Water Systems

State Implementation Guidance for the Arsenic Rule

The Drinking Water Regulations for Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring guidance:

  • Summarizes key sections of the proposed rule;
  • Provides a "how to approach" for EPA Regions and states to implement the regulation;
  • Contains an explanation of the Rule's requirements and guidance for preparing state primacy revision applications;
  • Incorporates comments received from EPA Regions, states, technical assistance providers, PWSs, and others.

Implementation Guidance for the Arsenic Rule - Drinking Water Regulations for Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring (PDF)(83 pp, 501 K, About PDF) EPA 816-K-02-018, August 2002 

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