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For Millions in US Mobile Home Parks, Clean and Safe Tap Water Isn’t a Given
UNITED STATES, JUL 24 – Over 70% of mobile home parks with their own water systems violated safety rules in five years, exposing millions to contaminants like arsenic, according to EPA data.
- Across the United States, millions of mobile home residents face unsafe tap water, with parks often lacking basic protections more than 50 years after the Safe Drinking Water Act, the EPA reports.
- Decades-Old park pipes, causing chronic problems and unregulated systems, exacerbate water safety issues in small water utilities serving mobile home parks.
- EPA investigators found nearly 70% of mobile home parks violating safe drinking water rules, with arsenic up to 10 times the federal limit, in a 2021 EPA investigation at Oasis Mobile Home Park.
- In Michigan and Iowa parks, residents faced dry taps and tea-colored water, and Pamela Maxey realized she could shower safely only after eight years of discolored water, she said.
- AP analysis shows Utah enforces drinking water standards in parks from other providers, one of few states to do so, and highlights ongoing challenges with compliance and testing.
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For millions in US mobile home parks, clean and safe tap water isn't a given
The worst water Colt Smith has seen in 14 years with Utah's Division of Drinking Water was at a mobile home park, where residents had been drinking it for years before state officials discovered the contamination.
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The worst water Colt Smith has seen in 14 years with Utah's Drinking Water Division was in a trailer park, where residents drank it for years before state officials discovered it was contaminated.
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