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: 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 assesses
the affordability of drinking water regulations for purposes of providing for small system
variance technologies (SSVTs); on May 15, 2006 the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires operators of federally licensed hydroelectric dams
to comply with state conditions to preserve water quality; AWWA has objected to a U.S. House bill that mandates use of denatonium benzoate (DB) as
a "bittering" agent in antifreeze and grants liability immunity to manufacturers and sellers
of such antifreeze; according to AWWA comments, USEPA's recent request for feedback on several additional studies it is considering to
finalize the long-delayed Ground Water Rule (GWR) falls far short of addressing AWWA
concerns 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 a
maximum 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) on
several products, including water sector specifics in the National Infrastructure Protection
Plan (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 deadly
chlorine gas and other hazardous chemicals with less dangerous treatment processes; AWWA has collaborated with five other organizations and USEPA in an effort to
identify the attributes of effectively managed water and wastewater utilities and promote
their adoption as a means to enhance the sustainability of utility infrastructure; and, in a motion filed in mid-March with the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia, New York City sought approval to intervene as a copetitioner
with Portland, Oregon, which earlier this year filed a notice of intent with the court to
challenge the LT2ESWTR.
| Edition : | Vol. 98 - No. 9 |
| File Size : | 1
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, 71 KB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 10 |
| Published : | 09/01/2006 |
