Fig. 1: Health-related violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
From: A critical review of point-of-use drinking water treatment in the United States
a Number of health-based violations, and b total violations per water system. In total, 95,754 health-based violations were observed from 1982 to 2015, affecting up to 28% of US population. Rural areas have a larger compliance gap than suburban and urban areas; however, fewer violations with DBP violations were observed in rural areas with higher incomes (reprinted with permission from33; Copyright© PNAS, 2018).
