EPN Comments on EPA’s Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
EPN Expresses Scientific Concerns about WHO Draft Provisional Drinking Water Guidelines for PFOA, PFOS, and Total PFAS
EPN Submits Comments on WHO Draft Guidelines for PFOA, PFOS, and Total PFAS in Drinking Water
EPN and Other Environmental Groups Advocate for Equity in Lead Service Line Replacement
EPN Comments on EPA’s Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities
EPN Member Presents Testimony at Congressional Hearing on the CWA and Emerging Contaminants
EPN Presents Testimony at National Stakeholder Roundtable on Lead and Copper Rule Revisions
EPN Comments on Proposed Delay of Lead and Copper Rule Revisions Effective and Compliance Dates
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EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Drinking Water
EPA to Strengthen Lead Protections in Drinking Water After Multiple Crises, Including Flint
Ronnie Levin, former Senior Scientist, Risk Assessor, Lead Inspector, Enforcement Office, EPA Region 1, and Joe Cotruvo, a former director of the Drinking Water Standards Division at EPA, were quoted in this article on the history of EPA’s lead standards and how a new proposal to strengthen them will aid in providing safe drinking water across the country.
After Sharp Drop in Federal Funding to Replace Lead Water Lines, State Races to Find Out Why
Ronnie Levin, former Senior Scientist, EPA Region 1, was quoted in this article regarding federal funds allocated to states for lead service line replacement and how water utilities’ poor tracking of lead service lines has led to funding decreases.
Watchdog Says EPA Did Not Properly Elevate Benton Harbor Crisis
Elin Betanzo, former National Tribal Drinking Water Coordinator, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article discussing EPA’s response to the 2018 lead in drinking water crisis in Benton Harbor, Michigan, following a recent Office of Inspector General report that the agency did not sufficiently escalate the public health issue.
EPA Finds at Least 26 Million People in US Have Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Their Drinking Water
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article about EPA’s initial release of testing data that found multiple PFAS in public drinking water systems.