Posts made in September 2021

Under the Clean Water Act (CWA), EPA, in partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD), has published draft analytical method 1633 that Continue reading

EPA has announced the schedule for the next three meetings of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC) Consumer Confidence Report Rule Revision Working Group. Continue reading

Good Morning America Story on PFAS

On Friday, August 27^th, Good Morning America ran a story on PFAS contamination.  Link to YouTube video of the story: Continue reading

A couple of items regarding PFAS that may be of interest:

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EPA has announced the schedule for the next two meetings of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC) Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Rule Revision Working Group.

The next NDWAC CCR Working Group meetings will be:

Monday, August 23, from 1:30 pm – 4 pm ET

Link to register:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ndwac-ccr-rule-revision-working-group-meeting-tickets-167349100665

Tuesday, August 24, from 10:30 am – 1:00 pm ET

Link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/copy-of-ndwac-ccr-rule-revision-working-group-meeting-tickets-167636704897

EPA indicates that the meeting materials will be available on the NDWAC CCR Rule Revision Working Group website:  https://www.epa.gov/ndwac/national-drinking-water-advisory-council-ndwac-consumer-confidence-report-rule-revision

The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) posted information on how to view (or provide public comments) during the DPR Expert Panel meetings on August 24-25, 2021.

You can find that information on the following website:

https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/dpr-criteria-panel.html

Agenda for the meeting is here (epmtg1agenda).

Background Expert Panel Review of DPR Criteria.  AB 574, signed into law in October 2017, required that the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) adopt uniform criteria for Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) by December 31, 2023.  The bill required that before adopting the criteria, the SWRCB submit the criteria to an expert panel for review.   The SWRCB has convened an expert panel that will meet August 24-25, 2021.  Additional background information is available at the following SWRCB web site:

https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/direct_potable_reuse.html

You can register for the August 19^th meeting of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC) CCR Rule Revision Working Group at the link below.

https://www.epa.gov/ndwac/ndwac-membership#tab-3

Scroll towards the bottom of the page to find the link to register.

EPA posted a draft agenda (ndwac-ccr3-wg-agenda_sessions-2-and-3_final_2) for the next two virtual meetings of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC) Consumer Confidence Continue reading