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[VIDEO] The Price of an Aging Infrastructure on the Environment
Beginning January 1, 2025, the “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” regulatory framework requires urban retail water suppliers — not individual households or businesses — to adopt a series of “urban water use...more
On election day this year, Suffolk County residents overwhelmingly approved a ballot proposition that will increase the countywide sales tax to fund a project aimed at making water cleaner and upgrading Suffolk County’s sewer...more
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
On September 7, 2022, California became the first government in the world to require microplastics testing for drinking water, an emerging contaminant that is found throughout the environment. The State Water Resources...more
On October 5, 2021, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“Department” or “DEC”) released water quality guidance values for three emerging compounds, PFOA, PFOS and 1,4-Dioxane (collectively, “Emerging...more
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's California water plan - Bullet Associated Press – May 12 - A preliminary injunction was issued on Monday temporarily blocking the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s (Bureau)...more
The Ohio EPA Division of Drinking and Groundwaters posted several recent updates to its Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response, Questions, and Guidance website to inform that it is actively monitoring the COVID-19 situation in Ohio...more
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
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
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
New Hampshire has just become the first state to finalize drinking water maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for PFOS and PFOA, two of the best known and studied PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances), setting levels for...more
Although the Federal Environmental Protection Agency issued its PFAS Action Plan on February 14, 2019 (see our March 27, 2019, client alert), many states have expressed frustration with EPA’s proposed plan and have started...more
On June 27, 2019, the Michigan Science Advisory Workgroup (the Workgroup) issued its Health-Based Drinking Water Value Recommendations for PFAS in Michigan. In late March 2019, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the formation of...more
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (“NHDES”) initiated a rulemaking to establish Maximum Contaminate Levels (“MCLs”) and ambient groundwater quality standards (“AGQS”) for four per-and polyfluoroalkyl...more
Three environmental organizations sent a November 15th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) alleging the failure to perform certain non-discretionary duties required by...more
Fall is officially here. It’s time to start thinking about mid-term elections and how to vote on various California ballot measures November 6, 2018. Since many of these may become law and affect both our business and...more
The American Water Works Association (“AWWA”) is considering a draft policy statement on “Affordability.” The proposed affordability policy (“Policy”) is stated to have been approved by the organization’s Technical and...more
The Northeast-Midwest Institute issued a report titled: Source Water Quality and the Cost of Nitrate Treatment in the Mississippi River Basin (Report) ...more
Ms. Jamie Ewing was recently named Director of the Environmental Assessment Department of the Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority (“LRWRA”). Jamie succeeds Stanley Suel who recently retired from this position after...more
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) announced in a June 1st news release that its Board of Directors selected Clell Ford as the organization’s new Executive Director. Mr. Ford’s duties are stated to include: . . ....more
The Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”) and other organizations have submitted an April 24th Notice of Intent to Sue the City of Newark, New Jersey and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) for...more
The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) announced that its annual water conference will be held on July 23rd and 24th in Fayetteville, Arkansas. AWRC states that the theme for the conference is “The Value of Water.”...more
At the other end of the spectrum from raw water is "poop water"—sewage effluent that has been transformed back into safe drinking water. Whereas raw water is completely untreated, poop water—or "direct potable re-use" if you...more
Under a new state law, California water providers will need to test for lead in local schools’ drinking water on or before July 1, 2019. The new law, AB 746, imposes certain requirements on both water providers and school...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