PFAS Regulatory Update: EPA Issues Updated Drinking Water Health Advisories
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Addressing PFAS continues to challenge local government, water providers, and wastewater providers, particularly in a rapidly changing regulatory environment. Regulatory initiatives will have costly and widespread impacts on...more
Under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) announced on Oct. 8, 2024, EPA has shifted its focus from addressing lead exceedances in drinking water to preventing lead in...more
Despite efforts to stem increasing cyber threats to water systems around the nation, on October 13, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew cybersecurity mandates put in place by the Biden...more
On July 25, Missouri, Arkansas, and Iowa (the states), along with intervenors American Water Works Association and National Rural Water Association (the water associations), petitioned the Eighth Circuit to review the U.S....more
In 2021, an unidentified person hacked the computer controlling the water system in Oldsmar, Fla., and increased the concentration of sodium hydroxide 100 times the normal amount, in an attempt to poison people. That same...more
Tracy Mehan joins Dave Ross and Anna Wildeman to discuss his work as executive director of government affairs with the American Water Works Association and the flood of water topics inundating the drinking water sector,...more
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides the single largest investment in water infrastructure in the nation’s history. The significant expansion of funding is expected to spur water projects across the nation...more
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) contains significant water-related provisions, amounting to $82.5 billion in spending. Areas addressed by these provisions include drinking water safety, clean water more...more
A major focus of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is rehabilitation of water infrastructure, including ports, recreation and irrigation, but with a particular focus on drinking water. As with other parts of...more
On July 28, 2020, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change held an oversight hearing entitled “There's Something in the Water: Reforming Our Nation's Drinking Water Standards.” The hearing...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency and Mansfield Township Municipal Complex (“Township”) entered into a January 29th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Safe...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) circulated a prepublication version of its proposed revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule (“LCR”). The LCR revisions are proposed pursuant to the authority of the...more
The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) submitted August 26th comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (‘EPA”) on the agency’s proposed Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) regulation for...more
The United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, (“Court”) addressed in a July 19th opinion whether the Court of Federal Claims (“Lower Court”) has subject matter jurisdiction to address a takings claim involving water...more
Mr. Jeff Stone, P.E., Director of the Arkansas Department of Health Engineering Section, published an article in the Arkansas Department of Health (“DOH”) publication Arkansas Drinking Water Update (“Update”) describing...more
The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) issued a report titled: Beyond Tight Budgets: 2018 Resource Demands Analysis for State Drinking Water Programs (“Report”) - ASDWA states that it...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in an October 12th Federal Register notice the approval of alternative testing methods for use in: measuring the levels of contaminants in drinking water;...more
The United States Senate on October 19th passed the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (“S.3021”). The comprehensive water infrastructure legislation now moves to President Trump for execution....more
The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a September 2018 report titled: Drinking Water – Approaches For Identifying Lead Service Lines Should Be Shared With All States (“Report”) - A focus of...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Water is circulating a December 14th letter to stakeholders seeking input on potential revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule (“LCR”). EPA’s letter states...more
NEW REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS - Federal - - Program Requirement Revisions Related to the Public Water System Supervision Programs for Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont - EPA is giving notice that...more