Description
This bimonthly roundup features highlights of the hottest news storiesof recent months as reported in WATERWEEK, AWWA’s weekly newsletterto member utilities. Topics covered include: Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) has financed 4,400 projects since inception; AWWA has taken strong exception to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) proposed change to the way it assessesthe affordability of drinking water regulations for purposes of providing for small systemvariance technologies (SSVTs); on May 15, 2006 the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires operators of federally licensed hydroelectric damsto comply with state conditions to preserve water quality; AWWA has objected to a U.S. House bill that mandates use of denatonium benzoate (DB) asa “bittering” agent in antifreeze and grants liability immunity to manufacturers and sellersof such antifreeze; according to AWWA comments, USEPA’s recent request for feedback on several additional studies it is considering tofinalize the long-delayed Ground Water Rule (GWR) falls far short of addressing AWWAconcerns about the rulemaking; new Canadian drinking water guidelines for bacteriological quality, developed by Health Canada based on findings by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water, establish amaximum acceptable concentration (MAC) of “none detectable per 100 mL” for both E.coli and total coliforms; during its first 18 months of existence, the Water Sector Coordinating Council (WSCC)has provided crucial input to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) onseveral products, including water sector specifics in the National Infrastructure ProtectionPlan (NIPP); a new U.S. Senate bill, the Community Water Treatment Hazards Reduction Act, would authorize grants to help water and wastewater treatment systems in larger communities replace gaseous chlorine with safer disinfection processes; according to a survey conducted by the Center for American Progress (CAP), more than 200 U.S. water and wastewater utilities have reported replacing deadlychlorine gas and other hazardous chemicals with less dangerous treatment processes; AWWA has collaborated with five other organizations and USEPA in an effort toidentify the attributes of effectively managed water and wastewater utilities and promotetheir adoption as a means to enhance the sustainability of utility infrastructure; and, in a motion filed in mid-March with the U.S. Court ofAppeals for the District of Columbia, New York City sought approval to intervene as a copetitionerwith Portland, Oregon, which earlier this year filed a notice of intent with the court tochallenge the LT2ESWTR.
Product Details
- Edition:
- Vol. 98 – No. 9
- Published:
- 09/01/2006
- Number of Pages:
- 10
- File Size:
- 1 file , 71 KB
- Note:
- This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus
