Environmental Protection Network is Encouraged by EPA’s Restrictions on PFAS in Drinking Water and Urges Continued Focus on Polluters
EPN Comments on National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements
EPN Provides Oral Comments on EPA’s Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
EPN Comments on CWA Section 402 NPDES Permitting Guidance
Former EPA Director of Science and Technology Responds to Proposed LCR Improvements
EPN Comments on Clean Water Act Section 404 Tribal and State Program Regulation
EPN Responds to EPA’s Release of the First Batch of Results from UCMR5
EPN Writes Letter to National Drinking Water Advisory Council re: PFAS Water Rule
EPN Comments on EPA’s Proposed Federal Baseline Water Quality Standards for Indian Reservations
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Water
Program to Replace Lead Pipes in Boston Off to Slow Start
Ronnie Levin, former EPA Senior Scientist, Region 1, was quoted in CBS News about her cost-benefit analysis work on lead contamination and the slow rollout of Boston’s free lead pipe replacement program.
Does Your Colorado Town Have PFAS In Its Water? There’s Help For That.
Betsy Southerland, former Director of the Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water, was quoted in the Colorado Sun about the $86 million in emerging contaminant funding available to Colorado to detect and monitor PFAS in water.
Boston Struggles to Persuade Property Owners to Replace Their Lead Pipes
Ronnie Levin, former EPA Senior Scientist, Region 1, was quoted in the Boston Globe about Boston College’s failure to replace lead pipes in student dorms after learning about the contaminated pipes in 2009. The pipes were replaced earlier this year.
Nearly 130,000 Children Exposed to Lead-Tainted Drinking Water in Chicago
Elin Betanzo, former Environmental Engineer, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division, was quoted in The Guardian about Chicago’s need to replace its 400,000 lead service lines to protect children and the greater population.