Drinking Water Week is an educational campaign aimed at helping people understand the importance of safe drinking water. A key campaign element is to show how individuals can affect the quality and quantity of the water they are drinking.
Clean water is essential to our lives and lifestyles, every single day.
Stamer said issues such as source water protection, methods of water treatment, new technology and increased regulations make drinking water an important public concern. The quality of Lawrence water is excellent, Stamer said. The City continues to meet federal and state drinking water standards and participates in the Partnership for Safe Drinking Water. The partnership was formed in 1994 by EPA, the American Water Works Association, other drinking water organizations and more than 200 surface water utilities. All Rights Reserved.