Sanders Vows to Create National Clean Drinking Water Standards to End Corporate Contamination

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4. We already have national clean drinking water standards.

Background on Drinking Water Standards in the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

Summary of SDWA Related to Contaminants:

• Congress enacted the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in 1974 and amended and reauthorized it in 1986 and 1996.

---Main federal law that ensures the quality of Americans' drinking water
---Authorizes EPA to set national standards for drinking water to protect against health effects from exposure to naturally-occurring and man-made contaminants

• Drinking water standards only apply to public water systems (not individual private wells).
• EPA works with states, localities, and water suppliers who carry out these standards.

Drinking Water Standards Apply to Public Water Systems:

• Public water systems are those having at least 15 service connections or serve at least 25 people for at least 60 days a year.
• Over 150,000 public water systems across the U.S. serve more than 300 million people.

https://www.epa.gov/dwstandardsregulations/background-drinking-water-standards-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa

So essentially, Bernie isn't creating anything new. The best can be said is that he is expanding the scope of the SDWA to include the delivery systems for safe water.