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Fact Sheet: Second Six-Year Review of Drinking Water Standards

The fact sheet for the second Six-Year Review of National Primary Drinking Water Regulations summarizes:

The reason EPA reviewed the existing national primary drinking water regulations,
How EPA reviewed the regulations, and
The overall results of the review.

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Fact Sheet: Six-Year Review 2 (PDF)(5 pp, 164 K, March 2010, 815-F-09-002)