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Senators Want Drinking Water Standard for Perchlorate
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat who serves as the new chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, has introduced two bills to protect people from drinking water contaminated by the toxic chemical perchlorate. One bill would direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to promptly establish a health advisory, followed by a ...
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California Proposes Hexavalent Chromium Drinking Water Standard
Last month, the Los Angeles Times published a report about California’s proposed drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium. It would be the nation’s first drinking water standard for a material that gained national attention after the release of the Erin Brockovich movie. According to the article, “At 10 parts per billion, the standard is 500 times greater than the ...
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Pentagon Fights Wisconsin Water Standards for Toxic Explosive
MERRIMAC, Wisconsin, September 28, 2007 (ENS) - The Pentagon intends to challenge the state of Wisconsin's intention to regulate all forms of the explosive dinitrotoluene, DNT, Army officials announced on Monday. Wisconsin is the first state in the nation to establish health-based guidelines for the military toxic that has contaminated groundwater and dozens of private wells near the Badger ...
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Ten ASTM water standards included in EPA final rule
D19 Standards Used for Measuring Regulated Pollutants in Wastewater Ten standards developed by ASTM International Committee D19 on Water have been included in a final rule published in the Code of Federal Regulations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to approve methods for measuring regulated pollutants in wastewater. Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of ...
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Court Requires California to establish drinking water standard for dangerous carcinogen
The California Superior Court of Alameda today required the state’s Department of Public Health to proceed with setting a standard to protect millions of Californians from unsafe levels of hexavalent chromium in drinking water. The court’s decision comes nearly one year after the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group sued the agency for failing to ...
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Icebreaker Windpower Meets Federal Clean Water Standards: Ohio EPA
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Section 401 water quality certificate of approval to Icebreaker Windpower Inc., confirming that the proposed offshore wind project complies with federal standards relating to water pollution, the developer says. The Ohio EPA has been delegated the authority to administer and enforce the federal Clean Water Act. It issues water quality ...
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Second Public Comment Period for the Revised GRI 303: Water Standard
The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) is pleased to announce a second public comment period for the revised GRI 303: Water Standard. This Standard – currently being updated through the GSSB’s formal due process – has been assessed and revised by an expert multi-stakeholder Project Working Group to reflect global best practice in water management and sustainability ...
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Benzene Levels in Denver Waterway Are 400 Times Drinking Water Standards
The U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA) is trying to prevent benzene-contaminated water in Sand Creek from flowing into South Platte River, a major source of drinking and agricultural water for northeastern Colorado. Benzene is so toxic that even tiny amounts are considered dangerous; therefore, the EPA has set a national standard for the compound’s concentration in drinking water of 5 ...
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EPA approves Ute Mountain Ute Tribe`s water quality standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the Water Quality Standards for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe with Reservation lands in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. The Tribe submitted its Water Quality Standards to EPA earlier this year for review and an approval determination under the Clean Water Act. The Tribe's standards will be implemented for all Clean Water Act purposes, ...
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BRIDGE provides thresholds for EU Water Framework Directive
The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) defines chemical status objectives for groundwater and related monitoring obligations but does not yet provide criteria to assess chemical status compliance. Now researchers from EU project BRIDGE (Background Criteria for the Identification of Groundwater Thresholds) have investigated 14 representative bodies of groundwater and developed thresholds that can ...
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US court restores clean water protections in Southern California
Ruling on a post-trial motion by environmental groups, an Orange County Superior Court this week reversed the part of a July 2, 2008 judgment that blocked the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board from enforcing many water quality standards that control Southern California’s worst source of water pollution, storm water runoff. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), on behalf ...
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Resources to Support the EPA’s Proposed First-Ever PFAS National Drinking Water Standard
Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the nation’s first-ever national drinking water standard for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. EPA reports that through this action, it is taking a major step towards protecting public health from PFAS pollution, complementing state efforts to limit PFAS by proposing to establish legally enforceable levels ...
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EPA approves Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ Water Quality Standards program Clean Water Act program a foundation for pollution control and watershed management
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (Tribe) in western North Carolina has been granted the authority by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to administer the Water Quality Standards program under the Clean Water Act (CWA). With this approval, the Tribe likewise is authorized to administer water quality certifications conducted under CWA Section 401. The Tribe is the third tribe in Region 4 ...
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EPA approves Blackfeet Tribe’s Water Quality Standards program
The Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in north-central Montana has been granted the authority by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to administer the Water Quality Standards program under the Clean Water Act (CWA). With this approval, the Tribe likewise is authorized to administer water quality certifications conducted under CWA Section 401. “EPA is excited to have ...
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The VA / Miljo-blad foundation ceases
The Norwegian Association of Municipal Engineering (NKF), Norsk Vann and the VA / Miljø-blad Foundation have been collaborating for a long time to have the VA / Miljø-blad Foundation abolished. The Norwegian Lotteries and Foundations Authority has now approved the termination of the foundation. The VA / Miljø-blad foundation was established by NORVAR (Norsk Vann) and NKF in ...
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EPA statement on chromium-6 in drinking water
EPA issued the following statement and background information in response to a study released on December 20, 2010 by the Environmental Working Group: “EPA absolutely has a drinking water standard for total chromium, which includes chromium-6 (also known as Hexavalent Chromium), and we require water systems to test for it. This standard is based on the best available science and is ...
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California to set drinking water level for dangerous chemical hex chrome
Hexavalent chromium (hex chrome), the notorious cancer-causing chemical made famous in the film Erin Brockovich, contaminates drinking water in over 500 California communities, according to environmental and public health experts. The California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) held a hearing to take public comment on a proposed level for hex chrome in drinking water. Although the ...
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CA-NV section AWWA issues statement on proposed drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced the nation’s first drinking water standard specifically for hexavalent chromium. The proposed regulation would set the maximum contaminant level (MCL) at 10 parts per billion (ppb). The CA- NV Section AWWA released the following statement: “Water agencies across California are absolutely committed to delivering safe ...
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Decision on Iowa’s water quality standards
EPA has approved revised Iowa water quality standards to support recreational activities and the protection of aquatic life. The approved water quality standards verify the state’s designated uses for 64 water body segments in Iowa. “EPA is committed to assuring that the waters relied upon and enjoyed by the people of Iowa are protected by the Clean Water Act,” said Karl ...
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Court Requires California to Set Final Drinking Water Standard for Hexavalent Chromium by June 2014
The California Superior Court of Alameda County ruled that the California Department of Public Health must issue a final drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium no later than June 15, 2014. The decision released on Friday comes after the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group sued the agency for delaying action necessary to protect millions of Californians ...
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