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Contaminant Candidate List 3

Metadata Updated: February 10, 2026

CCL 3 is a list of contaminants that are currently not subject to any proposed or promulgated national primary drinking water regulations, that are known or anticipated to occur in public water systems, and which may require regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The list includes, among others, pesticides, disinfection byproducts, chemicals used in commerce, waterborne pathogens, pharmaceuticals, and biological toxins. The Agency considered the best available data and information on health effects and occurrence to evaluate thousands of unregulated contaminants. EPA used a multi-step process to select 116 candidates for the final CCL 3. The final CCL 3 includes 104 chemicals or chemical groups and 12 microbiological contaminants.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

Downloads & Resources

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References

https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7B756BBB59-7208-459A-A008-C64107182AAC%7D
https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/rest/document?id=%7B756BBB59-7208-459A-A008-C64107182AAC%7D

Dates

Metadata Created Date January 30, 2026
Metadata Updated Date February 10, 2026
Data Update Frequency irregular

Metadata Source

Harvested from EPA Non Geo Repository

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 30, 2026
Metadata Updated Date February 10, 2026
Publisher U.S. EPA Office of Water (OW) - Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW)
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2014-01-01
Data Last Modified 2009-10-08
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency irregular
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Harvest Source Title EPA Non Geo Repository
License https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
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Program Code 020:072
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