- The 54,000 community water systems in the United States provide about 90% of Americans with their tap water.
- About 3,000 of these community systems provide more than 75% of the nation's water. The overwhelming majority of those utilities are AWWA members.
- 80% of those community water providers are municipally owned. 20% are investor-owned.
- According to a survey conducted by AWWA, 82% of large water utilities have their own water laboratories on site.
- Water utilities monitor for more than 100 contaminants on a regular basis.
- More than 94% of American water utilities are in full compliance with health-based federal regulations annually.
- Every year, water utilities provide their customers with detailed information about the quality of their drinking water, the contaminants found in the nation's source water, the treatment techniques used to remove them, and the parties most likely to be responsible for contaminating the water initially.
- Water utilities contribute millions of dollars every year to independent research efforts and research partnerships with U.S. EPA and other interested parties.
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