On May 6, the U.S. EPA issued a health advisory regarding elevated levels of algal toxins in drinking water. Following a cyanotoxin crisis that resulted in a water ban in Toledo last August, the agency recommended specific drinking water values for microsytin and cylindrospermopsin in advance of the summer bloom season.
In an effort to further protect the quality of drinking water, the EPA plans to elevate strontium from its third contaminant candidate list (CCL3) and mandate its treatment.
What does a Republican-led Congress mean for the future of environmental regulations? A legislative insider provides the scoop.
Three U.S. EPA officials share their perspective on the hottest topics in water and wastewater and the current state of rulemaking.
The answer to the question “How bad could it be?” is within your grasp, compliments of the U.S. EPA.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the U.S. EPA organized a Twitter chat (#safetodrink) as an open forum for questions and answers on SDWA issues, or whatever else popped up. Here's how it unfolded.
“We have analytical instruments that can see things in astronomically small numbers, but are we looking for the right things?”
What can be done to combat the risk-adverse nature of both the regulators and the technology purveyors?
Excess nutrients, blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), and cyanotoxins have long been a problem for wastewater treatment plants — many states regulate nutrient levels in discharged water — but now drinking water plants are being eyed for regulation as well.
Innovation can take many forms. In the water and wastewater industry, new and emerging technologies get most of the credit for being innovative and potentially transformative. However, new modes of thinking can have equal and sometimes greater impact.
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