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Drinking Water Rule Quick Reference Guides

These documents provide a simple and straightforward description of the rule and requirements. The documents include critical deadlines for drinking water systems and states and monitoring requirements.

On this page:

  • Arsenic Rule Quick Reference Guide
  • Consumer Confidence Report Rule Quick Reference Guide
  • Filter Backwash Recycling Rule Quick Reference Guide
  • Groundwater Rule Quick Reference Guides
  • Interim Enhanced Surface Water Rule Quick Reference Guide
  • Lead and Copper Rule Quick Reference Guide
  • LT1 Quick Reference Guide
  • LT2 Quick Reference Guides
  • Public Notification Rule Quick Reference Guide
  • Stage 2 Rule Quick Reference Guides
  • Standardized Monitoring Framework Quick Reference Guide
  • Surface Water Treatment Rule Quick Reference Guide
  • Total Coliform Rule Quick Reference Guide
  • Variances and Exemptions Quick Reference Guide
  • Radionuclides Rule Quick Reference Guide
  • Small Systems Record Keeping Rules Quick Reference Guide
  • America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) Section 2013 Quick Reference Guide
  • AWIA Section 2018 Quick Reference Guide

Arsenic Rule Quick Reference Guide

  • Arsenic and clarifications to compliance and new source monitoring rules: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 441 K, EPA 816-F-01-004 About PDF)

Consumer Confidence Report Rule Quick Reference Guide

  • Consumer confidence report rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 227 K, EPA 816-F-09-009 About PDF)

Filter Backwash Recycling Rule Quick Reference Guide

  • Filter backwash recycling rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 307 K, EPA 816-F-01-019 About PDF)

Groundwater Rule Quick Reference Guides

  • Ground water rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 355 K, EPA 816-F-08-029 About PDF)
  • Ground water rule compliance monitoring (PDF)(2 pp, 314 K, EPA 815-F-08-008 About PDF)
  • Ground water rule sample collection and transport (PDF)(2 pp, 514 K, EPA-F-08-007 About PDF)
  • Ground water rule triggered and representative monitoring (PDF)(2 pp, 544 K, EPA 815-F-08-004 About PDF)

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Rule Quick Reference Guide

  • Interim enhanced surface water rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 340 K, EPA 816-F-01-011 About PDF)

Lead and Copper Rule Quick Reference Guide

  • Lead and copper rule: a quick reference guide for schools and child care facilities that are regulated under the safe drinking water act (PDF)(5 pp, 546 K, EPA 816-F-05-030 About PDF)
  • Lead and copper rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 456 K, EPA 816-F-08-018 About PDF)

LT1 Quick Reference Guide

  • Long term 1 enhanced surface water treatment rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 567 K, EPA 816-F-02-001 About PDF)

LT2 Quick Reference Guides

  • LT2: a quick reference guide for schedule 1 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 173 K, EPA 816-F-06-005 About PDF)
  • LT2: a quick reference guide for schedule 2 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 173 K, EPA 816-F-06-006 About PDF)
  • LT2: a quick reference guide for schedule 3 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 173 K, EPA 816-F-06-007 About PDF)
  • LT2: a quick reference guide for schedule 4 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 173 K, EPA 816-F-06-008 About PDF)

Public Notification Rule Quick Reference Guide

  • The public notification rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(4 pp, 352 K, EPA 816-F-09-101 About PDF)

Stage 2 Rule Quick Reference Guides

  • Stage 2 DBPR: a quick reference guide for schedule 1 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 123 K, EPA 816-F-06-001 About PDF)
  • Stage 2 DBPR: a quick reference guide for schedule 2 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 123 K, EPA 816-F-06-002 About PDF)
  • Stage 2 DBPR: a quick reference guide for schedule 3 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 123 K, EPA 816-F-06-003 About PDF)
  • Stage 2 DBPR: a quick reference guide for schedule 4 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 124 K, EPA 816-F-06-004 About PDF)
  • Comprehensive disinfectants and disinfection byproducts rules (stage 1 and stage 2) quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 622 K, EPA 816-F-10-080 About PDF)

Standardized Monitoring Framework Quick Reference Guide

  • Standardized monitoring framework (PDF)(3 pp, 285 K, EPA 816-F-20-002 About PDF)

Surface Water Treatment Rule Quick Reference Guide

  • Comprehensive surface water treatment rules quick reference guide: systems using conventional or direct filtration (PDF)(4 pp, 518 K, EPA 816-F-10-074  About PDF)
  • Comprehensive surface water treatment rules quick reference guide: systems using slow sand, diatomaceous earth, or alternative filtration (PDF)(4 pp, 429 K, EPA 816-F-10-076 About PDF)
  • Comprehensive surface water treatment rules quick reference guide: unfiltered systems (PDF)(4 pp, 467 K,

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Total Coliform Rule Quick Reference Guide

  • Total coliform rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 405 K, EPA 816-F-01-035 About PDF)
  • Revised total coliform rule (RTCR): a quick reference guide (PDF)(3 pp, 17 K, EPA 815-B-13-001 About PDF)

Variances and Exemptions Quick Reference Guide

  • Variances and exemptions: a quick reference guide (PDF)(4 pp, 311 K, EPA 816-F-04-005 About PDF)

Radionuclides Rule Quick Reference Guide

  • Radionuclides rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 576 K, EPA 816-F-1-003 About PDF)

Small Systems Record Keeping Rules Quick Reference Guide

  • Record keeping rules: a quick reference guide (PDF)(4 pp, 97 K, EPA 816-F-06-033 About PDF)

America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) Section 2013 Quick Reference Guide

  • AWIA Section 2013 Quick Reference Guide

AWIA Section 2018 Quick Reference Guide

  • AWIA Section 2018 Quick Reference Guide

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Last updated on August 9, 2024
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