Drinking Water Headlines

EPA Finalizes Additional General Applicability Waiver for BABA Requirements

EPA Finalizes Additional General Applicability Waiver for BABA Requirements

On Friday October 21, EPA finalized an additional waiver from the requirements under the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA)....

GAO Report Recommends that EPA Use New Data to Analyze Demographics of Communities with PFAS in Drinking Water

GAO Report Recommends that EPA Use New Data to Analyze Demographics of Communities with PFAS in Drinking Water

GAO has published a report entitled, “Persistent Chemicals: EPA Should Use New Data to Analyze the Demographics of Communities with...

EPA Releases 20 Climate Adaptation Plans from National Offices

EPA Releases 20 Climate Adaptation Plans from National Offices

Last week, EPA released 20 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plans that were developed by its major offices, including national program offices...

AAAS to Hold Public Webinar on Listing PFAS Under CERCLA

AAAS to Hold Public Webinar on Listing PFAS Under CERCLA

On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, from 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET, the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Center...

WHO Releases Draft Guidelines for PFOA and PFOS, Values Significantly Higher than EPA Health Advisories

WHO Releases Draft Guidelines for PFOA and PFOS, Values Significantly Higher than EPA Health Advisories

On September 29, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a background document for developing WHO Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality...

EPA Releases Update to EJScreen Tool, Announces Multiple Public Trainings

EPA Releases Update to EJScreen Tool, Announces Multiple Public Trainings

On October 11, EPA announced an update to EJScreen, the Agency’s publicly available environmental justice screening, and mapping tool. This...

EPA to Hold Public Webinar November 2 to Prepare Communities to Engage in Upcoming PFAS Regulatory Process

EPA to Hold Public Webinar November 2 to Prepare Communities to Engage in Upcoming PFAS Regulatory Process

On November 2, EPA will be hosting a virtual public webinar from 2:30 to 4:00 pm ET to prepare and...

EPA Announces $30 Million in Grants for Projects to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water in Disadvantaged Communities and Schools

EPA Announces $30 Million in Grants for Projects to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water in Disadvantaged Communities and Schools

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced projects that have been selected to receive over $30 million in grant...

New York State Proposes New Drinking Water Regulations for Four Additional PFAS

New York State Proposes New Drinking Water Regulations for Four Additional PFAS

On October 5, New York State’s health department proposed new enforceable drinking water standards for four PFAS: perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA),...

EPA Sends PFAS Drinking Water Regulation to OMB for Review

EPA Sends PFAS Drinking Water Regulation to OMB for Review

Yesterday (October 6), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent the proposed rule to regulate PFOA and PFOS in drinking...

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