AWWA JAW64345

This bimonthly roundup features highlights of the hottest news stories of recent months as reported in WaterWeek, AWWA's weekly newsletter to member utilities. Topics covered include: the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) 2003 policy change allowing owners of multiunit housing complexes to submeter water without being regulated as a water supplier; New York City has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a recent Circuit Court rulingrequiring a Clean Water Act (CWA) discharge permit to limit turbidity levels in reservoirwaters discharged into a trout stream for further conveyance; new research correlating chloramine disinfection practices to elevated blood lead levels(BLLs) in children relative to the age of their homes suggests policies that water utilitiesand public health agencies can follow to better assess and address the risk; in another move to help small systems meet Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)requirements, USEPA recently held a public meeting todiscuss allowing nontransient-noncommunity systems toprovide bottled water; Ohio and West Virginia residents living near a DuPont factory along the Ohio River willbe better protected against perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination of their drinkingwater under a new agreement between USEPA and DuPont; Clean Water Act (CWA) discharge permits are not required when certain pesticides are applied directly toor near open waters under a newly adopted USEPA rule; a comprehensive water conservation program developed by the Southern Nevada WaterAuthority (SNWA) is among several water-saving initiatives to win USEPA's first annualWater Efficiency Leaders (WEL) awards; and, recent comments by AWWA stressed that USEPA's draft guidance on simultaneous compliance issues is "a useful resource guide"that needs to be fleshed out with substantial information to help utilities avoid unintendedconsequences when striving to control both microbial contaminants and disinfection byproducts.

Product Details

Edition:

Vol. 99 - No. 3

Published:

03/01/2007

Number of Pages:

10

File Size:

1 file , 93 KB