Drinking Water Headlines

EPA Announces New Policy on Using DWSRF for Water Rights Purchases

EPA Announces New Policy on Using DWSRF for Water Rights Purchases

This week, EPA announced a new policy for using the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). EPA will now allow...

EPA Webinars on January 21st & 23rd on SRF American Iron and Steel Requirements

EPA Webinars on January 21st & 23rd on SRF American Iron and Steel Requirements

EPA is holding two refresher webinars on its SRF American Iron and Steel (AIS) requirements in late January. The first...

EPA Issues PFAS Groundwater Guidance for Federal Cleanup Programs

EPA Issues PFAS Groundwater Guidance for Federal Cleanup Programs

On December 19, 2019, EPA issued its “Interim Recommendations for Addressing Groundwater Contaminated with PFOA and PFOS,” which provides cleanup...

Spending Packages Passed & Expected to Be Signed

Spending Packages Passed & Expected to Be Signed

On Thursday, the Senate passed two spending packages to fund the remainder of FY 2020. H.R. 1865, which funds domestic...

EPA Publishes Approval of Variance for Lead and Copper Rule Treatment Technique for Denver Water

EPA Publishes Approval of Variance for Lead and Copper Rule Treatment Technique for Denver Water

In today’s (12/20) Federal Register, EPA has published an approval of a variance decision for an alternative treatment technique for Denver...

EPA Announces New Method 533 for PFAS in Drinking Water

EPA Announces New Method 533 for PFAS in Drinking Water

On December 18th, EPA announced the new validated Method 533 for testing additional short chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...

EPA Extends Comment Period for Proposed LCRR to February 12th

EPA Extends Comment Period for Proposed LCRR to February 12th

Today’s (12/19) Federal Register contains a notice of the extension of the public comment period for the proposed Lead and Copper Rule...

Massachusetts Publishes Proposed PFAS Drinking Water Standards

Massachusetts Publishes Proposed PFAS Drinking Water Standards

On December 13th, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) filed proposed regulatory changes to develop a drinking water standard...

ASDWA and ACWA Submit Comments on EPA’s Water Reuse Action Plan

ASDWA and ACWA Submit Comments on EPA’s Water Reuse Action Plan

On Monday, ASDWA and the Association of Clean Water Agencies (ACWA) submitted joint comments to EPA on their Water Reuse...

12/16/19 – 45th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

12/16/19 – 45th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

Today (12/16) marks the 45th anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and it makes sense to stop and...

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