EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has made revision of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) lead and copper rule a top priority, but municipal and water utility sources are raising concerns about the cost and feasibility of possible changes the agency is considering for replacing lead service lines, ...
The proposal, called the lead and copper rule improvements, would for the first time require utilities to replace lead pipes even if their lead levels aren't too high. Most cities have not been forced to replace their lead pipes and many don't even know where they are. Some cities with ...
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has made revision of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) lead and copper rule a top priority, but municipal and water utility sources are raising concerns about the cost and feasibility of possible changes the agency is considering for replacing lead service lines, ...
Role of the Water Main in a Lead Service Line Replacement Program: A Utility Case Study Flawed science begets flawed policy: EPA's Lead and Copper Rule, partial lead service line replacement, and elevated blood lead levels among children Yanna Lambrinidou, Marc A. Edwards Impact of galvanic ...
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An Arizona creek threatened by pollution from a proposed copper mine near Phoenix will receive lead and copper contamination limits under a proposed consent decree that the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. Under the proposed decree, the EPA will establish a total maximum daily load,...
EPA's proposed LCRI, which aims to strengthen the Trump-era lead and copper rule revisions (LCRR), arrived at OMB for review on Aug. 31.Sam HessWater policy report
EPA is generally agreeing with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that better data on where lead service lines are located would improve the agency's oversight of the Safe Drinking Water Act Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), though the agency stops short of committing to GAO's call to ...
is asking groups representing state and local elected officials to meet with the agency in January to discuss possible changes to the Safe Drinking Water Act's lead and copper rule (LCR), with a tentative schedule of proposing revisions by August next year and finalizing them in February 2020....
members agreed upon proposed revisions for the section of EPA's Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) that requires water systems to replace parts of their lead service lines, settling on language that allows some wiggle room for utilities to allow partial lead service line replacements (PLSLRs) to their...