Just 6% of drinking water supplies were audited by the EPA, its latest report shows

Only a few dozen of the country’s 973 public water supplies are being audited by the country’s environmental watchdog each year due to budgetary constraints.

In 2013 and 2014, just 6% and 5% of public water supplies were subject to a major investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Just 6% of drinking water supplies were audited by the agency in its most recently published report.