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New American Society of Civil Engineers National Infrastructure Report Reinforces Need to Act on Updating and Maintaining U.S. Water Systems MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (March 22, 2021) – The American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) latest Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, issued every four years since 2001, recently gave the nation’s drinking water systems a C- grade and its wastewater systems a […]
READ MORE »Wolf Administration Announces Second Round of Statewide PFAS Sampling Results 65 percent of sites sampled did not detect any PFAS, none of the sites were above federal limits Harrisburg, PA – As a result of Governor Tom Wolf’s executive order to address Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water, the Wolf Administration today provided an update on […]
READ MORE »EPA proposes UCMR 5 rule for public comment Today’s Federal Register contains a notice of the proposed Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR5) and seeks public comment by May 10, 2021. See: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-03-11/pdf/2021-03920.pdf EPA is proposing a SDWA rule that would require public water systems to collect national occurrence data for 29 PFAS and lithium. This proposed rule would […]
READ MORE »EPA to Request Additional Input EPA announced that it is extending the effective date of the Revised Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) so that the agency can seek further public input, particularly from communities that are most at-risk of exposure to lead in drinking water. To accomplish this goal, EPA has posted two pre-publication notices regarding […]
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