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STORET Water Quality System Modernized
EPA recently announced the modernization of STORET, EPA's STOrage and RETrieval system for water quality data. The new system is designed to better meet the emerging data and information needs associated with watershed protection. It will serve as EPA's principal repository for marine, freshwater, and biological monitoring data and as the standard data storage system within EPA's Office of Water. To receive a copy of the new STORET, e-mail STORET@epa.gov. For more information about STORET, visit the STORET web site at: www.epa.gov.owow/STORET.
Reprinted from Water Update, September 1998
Overview of America's Drinking Water
EPA has issued a report describing the nation's progress toward meeting the goal that all Americans have safe drinking water to drink. The report outlines information on public water system compliance with drinking water standards in 1996 and the steps taken since the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments. The report finds the majority of the population served by public water systems-86 percent-drinks water that meets EPA's health-based standards. For a copy of the report, visit www.epa.gov/safewater/high1.html.
Reprinted from Water Update, September 1998.
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