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Safe Water Drinking Act

The Safe Drinking Water Act mandates that the US EPA establishes regulations to protect human health from contaminants in drinking water. This has resulted in the development of primary and secondary drinking water standards. The hospital is considered to be a non-transient, noncommunity water system and therefore must comply with the Safe Water Drinking Act.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act manages the disposal of wastes from municipalities and industries. It regulates how facilities generate, transport, treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste. Under this law, most hospitals are hazardous waste generators and therefore must comply with all rules and regulations. There are different levels of generators depending on the size of the institution and specific requirements for the particular size. There are standards for: identifying solid and hazardous waste; generators of hazardous waste; transporters of hazardous waste; land disposal restrictions for hazardous waste; used oil management standards; underground storage tanks; boilers and industrial furnaces; and imminent hazards.

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Water: Drinking
Introduction Water is a source and a basis of life on earth, and is a substance vital and necessary for humans and their well-being. It is a main part of our daily diet, transporting many necessary macro- and microelements in the human body. Excluding fat, water composes approximately 70% of the...
(Managing Water Resources and Hydrological Systems)
Safe Drinking Water Act
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(Best practices for environmental health : environmental pollution, protection, quality and sustainability)
Safe Drinking Water Act
This act is the comprehensive federal law that determines the quality of drinking water in the United States. It gives the US EPA the authority to set standards for drinking water quality and to implement the standards through the states, localities, and water suppliers. Toxic Substances Control Act...
(Best practices for environmental health : environmental pollution, protection, quality and sustainability)
Safe Drinking Water Act
This act and its amendments is the basic law for protecting public water systems and producing potable water in the United States. The law requires numerous actions to ensure the safety of the drinking water supplies. It allows states to implement the program and enforce the regulations. It includes...
(Best practices for environmental health : environmental pollution, protection, quality and sustainability)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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(Best practices for environmental health : environmental pollution, protection, quality and sustainability)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(See endnote 132) Both non-hazardous solid waste and hazardous solid waste is regulated by the US EPA under the RCRA and its amendments. The goals of the act are to: protect human health and the environment; conserve energy and natural resources; reduce the quantity of waste being generated; and ensure...
(Best practices for environmental health : environmental pollution, protection, quality and sustainability)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Laws and Regulations (RCRA)
• Mandated hazardous waste trucking • Cradle-to-grave power • Toxic waste disposal facility • Facility licensing and permitting What Is RCRA? The term Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is often used interchangeably to refer to the law, regulations and EPA policy and guidance....
(Standard of Care and Hazmat Planning)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Defining what constitutes a “hazardous waste” requires consideration of both legal and scientific factors. The basic definitions used in this chapter are derived from the RCRA of 1976, as amended in 1978, 1980, and 1986; the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984; and the CERCLA of 1980,...
(Introduction to Environmental Management)