Drinking Water Headlines

EPA Releases List of Laboratories Approved for UCMR3 Analysis

EPA Releases List of Laboratories Approved for UCMR3 Analysis

EPA has just released its initial list of laboratories that are approved to analyze the contaminants required to be tested...

New Information About Harmful Algal Blooms Online

New Information About Harmful Algal Blooms Online

EPA has published a new web page on harmful algal blooms to help inform states, tribal and local governments, other...

NRC Reviews NAWQA Program

NRC Reviews NAWQA Program

The National Research Council (NRC) has just completed a 3-year review of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Quality Assessment...

Six Month CR Likely to Happen

Six Month CR Likely to Happen

Both House Republicans and Senate Democrats believe that a six month long Continuing Resolution (CR) may be the best path...

Water Protection and Reinvestment Act for Wastewater Includes Trust Fund

Water Protection and Reinvestment Act for Wastewater Includes Trust Fund

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) has introduced HR 6249, the Water Protection and Reinvestment Act. The measure, a revised version of...

Farm Bill Future Less Clear

Farm Bill Future Less Clear

On Tuesday, the House changed direction by pulling the recently proposed one year extension of the current Farm bill in...

Compromise Cybersecurity Measure Unravels in the Senate

Compromise Cybersecurity Measure Unravels in the Senate

The Senate was unable to move forward with the proposed cybersecurity compromise legislation (S 3413) that would incentivize private sector...

Likelihood of Continuing Resolution Grows

Likelihood of Continuing Resolution Grows

Because of continuing Congressional gridlock over what funding allocation caps should be used (the debt-limit deal or the House budget...

Senate Poised to Act on Cyber Security Information Sharing

Senate Poised to Act on Cyber Security Information Sharing

It appears that the Senate leadership may have come to agreement on an approach to share cybersecurity information and best...

House Set to Consider Reg Reform Package

House Set to Consider Reg Reform Package

The Republican-led House is set to consider HR 4078, the Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act of 2012. This bill, introduced...

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