Drinking Water Regulations

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) authorizes and permits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set national standards for drinking water contaminants. In addition to the establishment of drinking water standards, these regulations identify methods and schedules by which contaminants must be analyzed and tested. As long as state standards are at least as stringent as federal standards, states have the ability to promulgate their own drinking water regulations. Some Kansas Administrative Regulations do differ from Federal Regulations set forth by EPA.

Proposed Drinking Water Regulations

  1. Economic Impact Statement for SRF Regulations (PDF)
  2. Environmental Benefit Statement for Proposed SRF Regulations (PDF)
  3. Notice of Hearing for Proposed Drinking Water SRF Regulations (PDF)
  4. Proposed Drinking Water SRF Regulations (PDF)

Statutes

  1. Kansas Statutes Pertaining to Public Water Supplies (PDF)

Kansas Administrative Regulations

  1. Kansas Administrative Regulations Index (PDF)

Regulatory Impact Statements

  1. Arsenic Rule (PDF)
  2. Consumer Confidence Rule (PDF)
  3. Filter Backwash Recycle Rule (PDF)
  4. Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (PDF)
  5. Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions (PDF)
  6. Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (PDF)
  7. Miscellaneous Provisions (PDF)
  8. Public Notice Rule (PDF)
  9. Radionuclides Rule (PDF)
  10. Stage 1 Disinfection Byproduct Rule (PDF)