H.R. 1471 · 108th Congress
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to allow public water systems to avoid filtration requirements, and for other purposes.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Eliot Engel
- Introduced
- 2003-03-27
- Latest action
- 2003-04-10 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Summary
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to allow public water systems supplied by surface water sources, after a 12-month period in which a State determines which systems must adopt water filtration standards, to apply to a State agency for a determination that such system is not required to use filtration.