EPA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) agree that there is no known safe level of lead in a child’s blood. Lead is harmful to health, especially for children.  

The United States enjoys one of the world’s most reliable and safest supplies of drinking water.

Source water refers to sources of water (such as rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, springs, and groundwater) that provide water to public drinking water supplies and private wells.

A watershed – the land area that drains to one stream, lake or river – affects the water quality in the water body that it surrounds.