Rural Drinking Water Assistance Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Rural Drinking Water Assistance Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Surgeon General of the United States, in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency, to provide for the improved health and welfare of rural residents of the United States to the maximum extent possible by encouraging the efforts of such residents to develop water supply systems which would dispense hygienic drinking water and water for other human needs, with the ultimate goal being to make such water readily available at a reasonable cost to every resident of the United States. Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water Supply, shall conduct a survey, to be completed no later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, of rural drinking water assistance areas. Establishes the Rural Water Council which shall consist of the Secretary, who shall be chairman, the Surgeon General, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and nine additional members appointed without regard to civil service laws by…