Louisiana Releases Final Grades on All Community Water Systems
On Monday, May 1, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) released [www.ldh.la.gov/watergrade] final water grades for 951 community water systems...
UCLA Luskin Center and RCAP Release Report on National Assessment of Drinking Water Quality Compliance
On Thursday, April 27, the UCLA Luskin Center and the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCA) released a report that details...
Legal Petition for Review Filed by Three State Attorney Generals on EPA’s Cybersecurity Memorandum
On Monday, April 17th, the attorney generals for three states (Iowa, Arkansas, and Missouri) filed a legal petition in Eighth...
Nine Associations Send Letter to EPA Administrators Requesting Withdrawal of Cybersecurity Memorandum
On Wednesday, January 25, nine associations representing water and wastewater systems and local elected officials sent a letter (below) to...
EPA & Corps of Engineers Publish Final “Revised Definition of Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) Rule
On December 30, 2022, EPA and the Corps of Engineers published the pre-publication version of the final “Revised Definition of...
President Biden Signs Omnibus Spending Bill
On Thursday, 12/29, President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill, after a flurry of year-end Congressional activity to avoid a...
Proposed PFAS Regulation Still Under Review at OMB
EPA’s proposed drinking water regulation for PFOA and PFOS is still under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 Review at the Office...
EPA Sends Memo on Cybersecurity for Water Systems to OMB for Review
On Friday, 12/16, EPA sent a “Memorandum to State Drinking Water Administrators on Public Water System Cybersecurity” (RIN: 2040-ZA41) to...
EPA Declares Date for Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
EPA is being sued by several parties (not really unusual for significant drinking water regulations), including NRDC and Earthjustice, on...
Talks Continue as Congress has not Resolved FY23 Budget or Continuing Resolution
Congress appears to be at an impasse, at the moment, over the annual government spending bill for Fiscal Year (FY)...
