《安全饮用水法案》（SDWA）对水行业提出了前所未有的挑战，以为其消费者生产尽可能高质量的饮用水。越来越广泛的监测、报告和研究要求以及越来越严格的处理要求将对大多数水务设施产生重大影响。本文量化了SDWA主要条款的监测、报告和研究要求的影响。还介绍了基本建设项目的比较影响。最后，讨论了可用于小型系统的帮助。

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) presents unprecedented challenges for the water industry to produce drinking water of the highest possible quality for its consumers. Increasingly extensive monitoring, reporting, and study requirements and increasingly stringent treatment requirements will have a significant impact on most water utilities. This paper quantifies the impact of the monitoring, reporting, and study requirements of the major provisions of the SDWA. The comparative impact of a capital construction project is also presented. Finally, assistance available for small systems is discussed.