Compliance Help

Drinking water system owners and operators can use the materials below to assist them in complying with requirements of the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) rule. Primacy agencies (the entities that regulate drinking water systems) can also find information to assist in CCR compliance.

• For Water Systems Owners and Operators
• Communication Tips
• For Primacy Agencies

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For Water System Owners and Operators

• Consumer Confidence Report Rule: A Quick Reference Guide (PDF) (2 pp, 227K)
  • For other quick reference guides visit the drinkin water standards - quick reference guides page.
• Preparing Your Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report (CCR)
• Guidance For Water Suppliers (PDF) (98 pp, 1MB)
  EPA 816-R-09-011, April 2010
  This document provides information to assist drinking water systems with preparing and distributing CCRs.
• Link Your CCR to EPA’s on-line CCR Catalog
  Use the EPA catalogue to link your CCR to the EPA web site.
• Washington State Department of Health
  Washington State provides more than two dozen translations for informational statements to use on CCRs.

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Communication Tips

• Talking to your Customers about Chronic Contaminants in Drinking Water (PDF) (2 pp, 381K)
  EPA 814-F-07-022, October 2007

For Primacy Agencies

• State Implementation and Primacy Guidance
  • State Implementation Guidance for the CCR Rule (PDF) (126 pp, 575K)
    EPA 816-R-09-010, April 2010
    This document provides information on CCR implementation for primacy agencies.
    • Appendices A-F to the Guidance (PDF) (114 pp, 846K)

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