没有全面的联邦地下水保护法。相反，地下水受到各种联邦法律的保护，这些法律涉及地下水保护和修复的各个方面。下表总结了截至1991年1月的联邦地下水相关法规。地下水相关法律和相关监管计划在本概述中进行了讨论。超级基金是涉及地下水的最大的联邦计划，尽管对于所使用的资源实际实现的效益存在着实质性的争论。随着《清洁水法案》从一个几乎完全专注于- 随着非点源监管力度的加大，其与地下水的相关性也随之增加。《安全饮用水法》的几项规定直接或间接地与地下水保护有关。其他相关法规包括《有毒物质控制法》；联邦杀虫剂、杀真菌剂和灭鼠剂法案；《露天采矿控制和复垦法》；《综合环境响应、赔偿和责任法》；《食品安全法》（经1990年《农业法案》修订）；水资源开发法；铀厂尾矿辐射控制法； 以及《水资源研究法》。包括桌子。

No comprehensive federal groundwater protection law exists. Instead, groundwater is protected through a variety of federal laws that address various aspects of groundwater protection and remediation. A table summarizes federal groundwater-related statutes in place as of January 1991. Groundwater-related laws and associated regulatory programs are discussed in this overview. Superfund is the largest federal program involving groundwater, although there is substantial debate over the benefits actually realized from the resources being applied. As the Clean Water Act evolves from an almost exclusive focus on point-source discharges to increasing regulatory control over nonpoint sources, its relevance to groundwater increases. Several Safe Drinking Water Act provisions relate to groundwater protection directly and indirectly. Other relevant statutes include the Toxic Substances Control Act; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act; Comprehensive Environment Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; Food Security Act (as amended by the 1990 Farm Bill); Water Resources Development Act; Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act; and the Water Resources Research Act. Includes table.