There are just a few weeks until the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) October 16, 2024, deadline. Water systems must submit their initial service line inventories by that date or as required by individual States. Starting on October 16, water systems have 30 days to notify customers with unknown service line materials and service Read More
Legislation Introduced to Fast Track Construction of Rural Water Systems
U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced legislation to reauthorize the Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2006. Reauthorization would include an authorization to the Bureau of Reclamation to undertake the design and construction of rural water supply projects, delivering potable water supplies to rural communities in western States. Currently, large scale Read More
U.S. Senate to Consider Water Resources Development Act
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) prior to leaving for August recess. The bill, H.R. 8812, authorizes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) projects. WRDA focuses on projects that improve the nation’s water resources infrastructure and protect communities from flooding and storm impacts, as well as improving inland waterway Read More
U.S. Senators Introduce Legislation to Codify Chevron Doctrine
A group of 11 U.S. Senators came together in late July to introduce legislation to codify the Chevron Doctrine, which was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in June. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders Read More
Water Industry Organizations Appeal Final PFAS Drinking Water Rule
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review the Final per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Drinking Water Rule issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). In April, USEPA announced the first-ever national, Read More
Five Chemicals Proposed as High-Priority Substances Under Toxic Substances Control Act
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) proposes to designate five chemicals as High-Priority Substances for risk evaluation under the nation’s chemical safety law, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). If USEPA finalizes these designations as proposed, the risk evaluation process will immediately move forward. The five chemical substances USEPA is proposing to designate as High-Priority Read More