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Water Quality Concerns<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Protecting Public Health is Our Top Priority<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Bay Water\u2019s top priority is providing high-quality, clean, safe drinking water for our member governments \u2013 Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties, and the cities of New Port Richey, St. Petersburg and Tampa. The water we provide is safe and meets or is better than state and federal drinking water regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping Water Safe<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On a federal level, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforces laws to protect the sources of our drinking water under the Clean Water Act<\/a>, which establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EPA also regulates and enforces the quality of drinking water in the United States under the Safe Drinking Water Act<\/a>. These stringent health standards aim to ensure the water coming from your tap is safe. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA identifies contaminants to regulate in drinking water to protect public health and sets regulatory limits for the amounts of certain contaminants in public drinking water systems. EPA currently sets limits on more than 90 contaminants in drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Bay Water and your local utility continually monitor your drinking water to ensure it is high-quality and meets federal and state laws, rules and regulations. The results of this monitoring are presented annually in water quality reports, known as consumer confidence reports, which are required by law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read Tampa Bay Water's Current Water Quality Report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Read your utility\u2019s Consumer Confidence Report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n