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Wastewater Drinking Water Water Quality

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95th Arkansas General Assembly: Legislation Introduced Prohibiting Discharges into Waterbodies Utilized by A Public Water System

Senate Bill 556 has been introduced which would amend Arkansas Code Title 8, Chapter 3, Subchapter 1 to add an additional Section titled:                                 8-3-104. Watershed Discharge Prohibition...more

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Guilt by Association: New Study Identifying Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Uses “PFAS” to Heighten Alarm about American...

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PFAS are everywhere—even when they’re not.  A recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is garnering significant media attention for suggesting that a crisis exists because of...more

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From Waves to Wells Seawater Desalination and Coastal Groundwater Basins

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Traditional sources of freshwater are dwindling as a result of increased demand, reduced natural replenishment, volatile weather patterns, and extended-duration droughts. Desalination, the industrial-scale removal of salt...more

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Colorado Adopts Direct Potable Reuse Rules

On Nov. 14, 2022, the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) adopted new regulations to authorize and guide water suppliers in implementing Direct Potable Reuse (DPR). DPR is the process of directly connecting fully...more

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EPA Announces New PFAS Health Advisory Levels, Releases Additional Funding for PFAS Remediation

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The Biden Administration has made PFAS reduction a cornerstone of its environmental policy and with that goal in mind, the Environmental Protection Agency on June 15 announced new, lower lifetime Health Advisory Levels for...more

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EPA Releases PFAS Strategic Roadmap

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its PFAS Strategic Roadmap on October 18, 2021.  In it, EPA identifies numerous actions it plans to take over the coming years to address PFAS contamination, many of...more

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Biden Administration Unveils Strategic Roadmap to Address PFAS

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Earlier this week, the Biden Administration announced a monumental plan to address impacts stemming from per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS). While the announcement details the ongoing and future efforts of eight...more

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Executive Order on Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure

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On October 13, 2020, President Trump issued the Executive Order (EO) on Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure. The goal of the EO is to streamline the management of federal water policy and...more

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PFAS Update: August 2020

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There have been several recent developments involving PFAS regulation, most notably the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) for certain long-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS)....more

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COVID-19 and drinking water and wastewater

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Regarding drinking water, EPA advised that the COVID-19 virus has not been detected in drinking water supplies and that Americans should continue to use tap water for drinking and handwashing as usual. Coronavirus...more

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EPA Issues Guidance Concerning Coronavirus and Drinking Water

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The United Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued guidance (https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus/coronavirus-and-drinking-water-and-wastewater#tapwater) regarding the status of public drinking water systems in light of...more

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EPA Report: Coronavirus and Drinking Water and Wastewater

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This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released guidance on the coronavirus and the U.S. drinking and waste water systems.  According to the EPA, “Based on current evidence, the risk to water supplies is low. ...more

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United States Senate Farm Bill: Water/Wastewater Utility Trade Associations Note Inclusion of Conservation/Drinking Water Measures...

This post yesterday referenced the Arkansas Waterworks Association when it should have named the American Waterworks Association (see previous post)....more

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United States Senate Farm Bill: Water/Wastewater Utility Trade Associations Note Inclusion of Conservation/Drinking Water Measures

The United States Senate Committee on Agriculture (“Committee”) released its 2018 Farm Bill last week. The bill is denominated the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“Farm Bill”)....more

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