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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4472C4">Oregon Domestic Well Safety Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Oregon was featured in, <i>Closing the Water Quality Gap: Using policy to improve drinking water in federally-unregulated drinking water systems.</i>
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt">ChangeLab Solutions developed this fact sheet for state and local health department staff who want to understand how state and local policy can be used, in addition to outreach and education, to ensure access
to safe drinking water for people who use private wells. <span style="color:#4D4D4D">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Click
<a href="http://www.changelabsolutions.org/sites/default/files/Closing-the-Gap_Water_Regulation-%26-Policies_FACT_SHEET-FINAL_20170725.pdf">
here</a> to access the fact sheet. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Visit ChangeLab Solutions website for more information:
<a href="http://www.changelabsolutions.org/publications/water-quality">http://www.changelabsolutions.org/publications/water-quality</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the Water Quality Gap<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-top:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#3B3838;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#3B3838;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;letter-spacing:-1.0pt"><span style="color:windowtext">Using
policy to improve drinking water in federally-unregulated drinking water systems</span></span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#3B3838;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#3B3838;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;letter-spacing:-1.0pt"><span style="color:windowtext">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#3B3838;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#3B3838;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) regulates the nation’s public drinking water
supply, safeguarding drinking water for the majority of US residents. However, the SDWA does not apply to all drinking water sources. Privately owned wells serve approximately 12% of the US population, or 34 million residents. These smaller water systems do
not meet the federal definition of a public water system and therefore are not regulated by federal law.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#3B3838;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#3B3838;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Sincerely, <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Domestic Well Safety Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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