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Bob
Hall and Mary Lee Kerr, 1991-1992 Green Index: A
State-by-State Guide to the Nation's Environmental Health
(Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1991). Reprinted with
permission. |
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U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Agricultural
Economic Report no. 576, 1987. |
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National
Wildlife Federation, Danger on Tap: The Government's
Failure to Enforce the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act,
National Wildlife Federation, October 1988. |
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U.S.
Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Table
8, National Water Summary, 1984 (Washington, D.C.:
Government Printing Office, 1985). |
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U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water
Regulations and Standards, National Water Quality
Inventory: 1988 Report to Congress, March 1990. |
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Council
of State Governments, Research Guide to State
Environmental Management, 2d ed. (Lexington, KY:
Council of State Governments, 1991). |
| [1] |
Percentage
of state's population served by public water supplies in
counties potentially contaminated by pesticides or
agricultural chemicals (U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Economic Report no. 576). |
| [2] |
Total
acres of lakes and reservoirs and percentage of total
acres that partially or completely fail to meet their
designated use for drinking, recreation, or fishing (U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency). |
| [3] |
Percentage
of population in 1987 served by community water systems
with at least one violation of the Safe Drinking Water
Act (SDWA). Each of the nation's 60,000 community water
systems serves at least 15 connections or 25 people
year-round W |
| [4] |
Total
miles of rivers and streams and percentage of total miles
that partially or completely fail to meet their
designated use for drinking, recreation, or fishing (U.S.
Protection Agency). |
| [5] |
Per-capita
spending in fiscal year 1988 for Safe Drinking Water Act
and public drinking water programs, water quality
protection, and water resource conservation and
development. Includes state, federal, and other funds
(fines, licenses) that through state budgetary process.
Excludes funds for coastal water and marine protection
(Council of State Governments). |
| [6] |
Percentage
of public water systems with one or more violations of
the Safe Drinking Water Act during fiscal year 1987
(National Wildlife Federation, on Tap). |
| [7] |
Percentage
of community water systems in significant, chronic
violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act during fiscal
year 1987 (National Wildlife Danger on Tap). |
| [8] |
Percentage
of wells tested that had 10 or more milligrams per liter
of nitrogen or nitrates, which exceeds the Safe Drinking
Water Act standard set by U.S. Protection Agency. Data
come from wells tested over a 25-year period (U.S.
Geological Survey). |
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