Acknowledgments
Table of Figures
Foreword
Introduction
 
PART I. Groundwater and Contamination
Chapter 1. Groundwater Basics
Chapter 2. Health and Groundwater Contamination
Chapter 3. Sources of Groundwater Contamination
Chapter 4. Testing Groundwater Quality
Chapter 5. Mapping Aquifers and Contamination
 
PART II. Citizen Action
Chapter 6. Freedom of Information Acts
Chapter 7. Action in the Administrative Process
Chapter 8. Taking the Polluter to Court
Chapter 9. Grass-roots Action
 
PART III. Groundwater and Federal Programs
Chapter 10. An Introduction to Federal Groundwater Protection
Chapter 11. The Safe Drinking Water Act Water Quality Programs
Chapter 12. Aquifer Protection Programs
Chapter 13. Action under Superfund
Chapter 14. Imminent Hazard Actions
Chapter 15. The National Environmental Policy Act
Chapter 16. Waste Disposal Facilities
Chapter 17. Industrial and Commercial Sources
Chapter 18. Waste Disposal Wells
Chapter 19. Underground Storage Tanks
Chapter 20. Pesticides and Other Agricultural Problems
Chapter 21. Mining
Chapter 22. Transportation of Hazardous Materials
 
PART IV. State and Local Programs for Groundwater Protection
Chapter 23. Comprehensive State Groundwater Protection Programs
Chapter 24. State and Local Land Use Controls
Chapter 25. State Superfund Programs
Chapter 26. State Environmental Policy and Protection Acts
Chapter 27. State Regulation of Solid And Hazardous Waste Disposal
Chapter 28. State Regulation of Commercial And Industrial Facilities
Chapter 29. State Regulation of Waste Disposal Wells
Chapter 30. State Regulation of Underground Storage Tanks
Chapter 31. State Regulation of Agricultural Sources
Chapter 32. State Regulation of Mining
Chapter 33. State Regulation of Septic Systems
Chapter 34. State Regulation of Transportation of Hazardous Materials and Highway Runoff
 
Appendix A: EPA Regional Offices
Appendix B: Government Sources for Reference Materials
Appendix C: Organizations Providing Information and Services
Appendix D: Hotlines, Emergency Assistance, and Other Important Phone Numbers
Appendix E: Agencies Designated to Receive Notifications of Underground Storage Tanks
Index
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