Regulated Drinking Water Contaminants

Regulated Drinking Water Contaminants

What's in your water?

Written byLab Manager
| 1 min read

Regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), testing is required for over 90 contaminants in drinking water. Further, the EPA sets water testing schedules and testing methods that must be followed to ensure that contaminant levels remain below that which protects human health and that can be achieved using the best available technologies.

Contaminants from natural and artificial sources can invade our water supply, resulting in a variety of severe adverse health conditions.

Learn more about the types and sources of drinking water contaminants.

Access the full infographic compliments of Lab Manager.

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