Regulation Updates For Utility Managers
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A Big-Picture Approach To Water Regulations
3/9/2023
A Q&A with human health toxicologist and environmental risk assessor Janet Anderson, Ph.D., DABT
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To Clean Up England's Rivers We Need To Know How Much Sewage Is Dumped — But Water Firms Won't Tell Us
3/6/2023
UK environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has demanded that water companies share plans for how they will reduce sewage discharges into rivers. They could start by coming clean on how much sewage is being dumped. If we don’t know how much sewage is actually being released — for at least the worst offending locations — we won’t be able to measure environmental and industry improvement with any confidence.
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The New Addition To NSF/ANSI/CAN 50: Float Tanks
1/20/2023
Float tanks were recently added to NSF/ANSI/CAN 50: Equipment and Chemicals for Swimming Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs, and Other Recreational Water Facilities, to create standardized criteria for these devices, including sanitary requirements. This update offers manufacturers a way to credibly state their product has been tested to industry criteria to help with sanitation claims. Third-party certification of float tanks to NSF/ANSI/CAN 50 demonstrates that a float tank meets these requirements. In turn, manufacturers of these systems should be knowledgeable of what some of the main components of the standard update encompass including the components and types of float tanks added.
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How Much Has COVID Changed California Water Usage?
1/11/2023
This article summarizes the findings of a study on California water usage before, during and after COVID restrictions, and assesses the feasibility of cutting residential usage by 15%.
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Regulating Farm Pollution To Reduce Harmful Algal Blooms
1/11/2023
As nutrient pollution increases the incidence and severity of harmful algal blooms, it is obvious and important to point mitigation practices toward a prime culprit — the agriculture industry.
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How EPA Can Help Utilities Be More Climate Change Resilient
1/6/2023
As global climate conditions change, water utilities face a variety of stressors, including drought, flooding, rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, and more. These changing conditions put increasing amounts of pressure on utilities to upgrade and adapt their operations and infrastructure. Unfortunately, many utilities lack two key things needed to become more climate change resilient: the expertise to determine the most critical projects to invest in, and the funding needed to implement them.
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Navigating The Carbon Exchange Landscape
11/30/2022
Learn the benefits of virgin and reactivated carbon, the ideal time to exchange carbon, and whether the exchanges should be handled in-house or with a third-party vendor.
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Removing PFAS Is More Complicated (And Solvable) Than You Think
11/9/2022
This article will explain the matrix of factors that can affect PFAS removal and why it is important to work with an experienced partner.
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Celebrating 50 Years Of (Mostly) Clean Water
11/3/2022
October 18, 1972, the day the Clean Water Act (CWA) became law, was undeniably a pivotal moment for the state of water quality in America. From where we stand now, 50 years later, it's hard to imagine a time when polluters were dumping contaminants freely into environmental waters — enough to set a river on fire! Here we recall the six key 1972 amendments that defined the CWA, accompanied by some recent themes related to each one.
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Which Wetlands Should Receive Federal Protection? The Supreme Court Revisits A Question It Has Struggled In The Past To Answer
9/30/2022
The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new session on Oct. 3, 2022, with a high-profile case that could fundamentally alter the federal government’s ability to address water pollution. Sackett v. EPA turns on a question that courts and regulators have struggled to answer for several decades: Which wetlands and bodies of water can the federal government regulate under the 1972 Clean Water Act?