Drinking Water Rule Quick Reference Guides
These documents provide a simple and straightforward description of the rule and requirements. The documents include critical deadlines for drinking water systems and states and monitoring requirements.
On this page:
- Arsenic Rule Quick Reference Guide
 - Consumer Confidence Report Rule Quick Reference Guide
 - Filter Backwash Recycling Rule Quick Reference Guide
 - Groundwater Rule Quick Reference Guides
 - Interim Enhanced Surface Water Rule Quick Reference Guide
 - Lead and Copper Rule Quick Reference Guide
 - LT1 Quick Reference Guide
 - LT2 Quick Reference Guides
 - Public Notification Rule Quick Reference Guide
 - Stage 2 Rule Quick Reference Guides
 - Standardized Monitoring Framework Quick Reference Guide
 - Surface Water Treatment Rule Quick Reference Guide
 - Total Coliform Rule Quick Reference Guide
 - Variances and Exemptions Quick Reference Guide
 - Radionuclides Rule Quick Reference Guide
 - Small Systems Record Keeping Rules Quick Reference Guide
 - America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) Section 2013 Quick Reference Guide
 - AWIA Section 2018 Quick Reference Guide
 
Arsenic Rule Quick Reference Guide
- Arsenic and clarifications to compliance and new source monitoring rules: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 441 K, EPA 816-F-01-004 About PDF)
 
Consumer Confidence Report Rule Quick Reference Guide
- Consumer confidence report rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 227 K, EPA 816-F-09-009 About PDF)
 
Filter Backwash Recycling Rule Quick Reference Guide
- Filter backwash recycling rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 307 K, EPA 816-F-01-019 About PDF)
 
Groundwater Rule Quick Reference Guides
- Ground water rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 355 K, EPA 816-F-08-029 About PDF)
 - Ground water rule compliance monitoring (PDF)(2 pp, 314 K, EPA 815-F-08-008 About PDF)
 - Ground water rule sample collection and transport (PDF)(2 pp, 514 K, EPA-F-08-007 About PDF)
 - Ground water rule triggered and representative monitoring (PDF)(2 pp, 544 K, EPA 815-F-08-004 About PDF)
 
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Rule Quick Reference Guide
- Interim enhanced surface water rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 340 K, EPA 816-F-01-011 About PDF)
 
Lead and Copper Rule Quick Reference Guide
- Lead and copper rule: a quick reference guide for schools and child care facilities that are regulated under the safe drinking water act (PDF)(5 pp, 546 K, EPA 816-F-05-030 About PDF)
 - Lead and copper rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 456 K, EPA 816-F-08-018 About PDF)
 
LT1 Quick Reference Guide
- Long term 1 enhanced surface water treatment rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 567 K, EPA 816-F-02-001 About PDF)
 
LT2 Quick Reference Guides
- LT2: a quick reference guide for schedule 1 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 173 K, EPA 816-F-06-005 About PDF)
 - LT2: a quick reference guide for schedule 2 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 173 K, EPA 816-F-06-006 About PDF)
 - LT2: a quick reference guide for schedule 3 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 173 K, EPA 816-F-06-007 About PDF)
 - LT2: a quick reference guide for schedule 4 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 173 K, EPA 816-F-06-008 About PDF)
 
Public Notification Rule Quick Reference Guide
- The public notification rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(4 pp, 352 K, EPA 816-F-09-101 About PDF)
 
Stage 2 Rule Quick Reference Guides
- Stage 2 DBPR: a quick reference guide for schedule 1 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 123 K, EPA 816-F-06-001 About PDF)
 - Stage 2 DBPR: a quick reference guide for schedule 2 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 123 K, EPA 816-F-06-002 About PDF)
 - Stage 2 DBPR: a quick reference guide for schedule 3 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 123 K, EPA 816-F-06-003 About PDF)
 - Stage 2 DBPR: a quick reference guide for schedule 4 systems (PDF)(2 pp, 124 K, EPA 816-F-06-004 About PDF)
 - Comprehensive disinfectants and disinfection byproducts rules (stage 1 and stage 2) quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 622 K, EPA 816-F-10-080 About PDF)
 
Standardized Monitoring Framework Quick Reference Guide
- Standardized monitoring framework (PDF)(3 pp, 285 K, EPA 816-F-20-002 About PDF)
 
Surface Water Treatment Rule Quick Reference Guide
- Comprehensive surface water treatment rules quick reference guide: systems using conventional or direct filtration (PDF)(4 pp, 518 K, EPA 816-F-10-074 About PDF)
 - Comprehensive surface water treatment rules quick reference guide: systems using slow sand, diatomaceous earth, or alternative filtration (PDF)(4 pp, 429 K, EPA 816-F-10-076 About PDF)
 - Comprehensive surface water treatment rules quick reference guide: unfiltered systems (PDF)(4 pp, 467 K, 
	
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Total Coliform Rule Quick Reference Guide
- Total coliform rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 405 K, EPA 816-F-01-035 About PDF)
 - Revised total coliform rule (RTCR): a quick reference guide (PDF)(3 pp, 17 K, EPA 815-B-13-001 About PDF)
 
Variances and Exemptions Quick Reference Guide
- Variances and exemptions: a quick reference guide (PDF)(4 pp, 311 K, EPA 816-F-04-005 About PDF)
 
Radionuclides Rule Quick Reference Guide
- Radionuclides rule: a quick reference guide (PDF)(2 pp, 576 K, EPA 816-F-1-003 About PDF)
 
Small Systems Record Keeping Rules Quick Reference Guide
- Record keeping rules: a quick reference guide (PDF)(4 pp, 97 K, EPA 816-F-06-033 About PDF)