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ASDWA 50th SDWA Anniversary Video Series Featuring Sarah Pillsbury of New Hampshire

ASDWA 50th SDWA Anniversary Video Series Featuring Sarah Pillsbury of New Hampshire

ASDWA is excited to share the second video in our continuing series highlighting success stories from the past 50 years...

OMB Completes its Review of EPA’s Final PFAS NPDWR

OMB Completes its Review of EPA’s Final PFAS NPDWR

On March 28, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) updated its website to reflect that the Agency completed its...

US Appeals Court Vacates EPA TSCA Orders to Halt Use of PFAS in Certain Plastic Containers

US Appeals Court Vacates EPA TSCA Orders to Halt Use of PFAS in Certain Plastic Containers

On March 21, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated two EPA orders prohibiting the company Inhance Technologies from...

HHS Releases Survey Report on Federal Water Assistance Progra,

HHS Releases Survey Report on Federal Water Assistance Progra,

On March 21, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a new report on the Agency’s Low...

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ASDWA Reports and White Papers

ASDWA collects data, conducts analysis, and provides policy recommendations to educate decision-makers on the states’ perspective on drinking water issues that impact its members.

Visit ASDWA’s Reports page to view our White Papers and additional Reports.

Hidden Consequences: How Congressionally Directed Spending Impacts State Drinking Water ProgramsBeyond Tight Budgets (December 2018)Costs of States' Transactions Study [CoSTS] (April 2018)ASDWA-ACWA Report on Contaminants of Emerging Concern2019 Analysis of State Drinking Water Programs' Resources and Needs

The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA) is the professional Association serving state drinking water programs. Formed in 1984 to address a growing need for state administrators to have national representation, ASDWA has become a respected voice for state primacy agents with Congress, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other professional organizations.


Our Year in Review

View past editions of ASDWA’s Year in Review on the About ASDWA page.

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40th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

Celebrating 40 Years of Safe Drinking Water!

December 16, 2014 will commemorate the 40 year anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act. All of the state drinking water programs across the nation, and everyone in the drinking water sector have good reasons to celebrate this momentous occasion! Since the SDWA was passed in 1974, we have come a long way in our efforts aimed at ensuring that Americans receive water that is safe to drink from approximately 152,000 public water systems. The work we have done together over the last 40 years to address a wide array of drinking water contaminants and prevent waterborne disease has helped protect the health of our citizens and families; as well as the sustainability of our economy, communities, and businesses that all rely on safe and adequate supplies of drinking water. However, our efforts are not finished. Much work still remains to be done to protect drinking water sources; address aging infrastructure; manage shrinking budgets; deal with new and emerging contaminants; and prepare for extreme weather and other unexpected events. Let’s keep striving forward and make sure that the next 40 years are as great as the last!

Learn more about the 40th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act at www.asdwa.org/40thanniversary. Please use the hashtag #SDWA40 in your social media communications.