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Drinking Water Safety and Infrastructure
BNA's Web Watch is prepared by Laura
Gordon-Murnane. E-mail suggestions for future weekly topics
always welcome.
December 2002
Federal Government
Congressional Budget Office
Future
Investment in Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure (November
2002)
Congressional Research Service Reports
RL31294 - Safeguarding
the Nation’s Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions
(August 2002)
CRS Report RS21026,Terrorism
and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector (February
2002)
Safe
Drinking Water Act: State Revolving Fund Program 10-Jan-2002;
Mary Tiemann; 6 p. Update: (July 3, 2002)
MTBE
in Gasoline: Clean Air and Drinking Water Issues
15-May-2001; James McCarthy, Mary Tiemann; 25 p. Update: (May 3,
2002)
“Arsenic
in Drinking Water: Recent Regulatory Developments and
Issues,” CRS Report for Congress, RS20672, April 29, 2002,
at CRS-2 (hereinafter “RS20672"). Mary Tiemann,
Congressional Reports
Joseph Lieberman Report prepared by the Majority Staff
of the Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Rewriting
the Rules (October 24, 2002)
Environmental Protection Agency
Affordability
Criterion for Small Drinking Water Systems: An SAB
Report 13 (December 2002)
Drinking
Water Infrastructure Needs Survey: Second Report to Congress.
(February 2001)
Consider
The Source: A Pocket Guide to Protecting Your Drinking Water: Drinking
Water Pocket Guide #3
Drinking
Water Data & Databases
The
Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis
2000
National Water Quality Inventory
What
is Being Done to Protect the Nation's Water Infrastructure
Arsenic
Rule Implementation Final Implementation Guidance for the Arsenic
Rule
Drinking Water Standards Priority Rulemakings
Microbials
& Disinfection Byproducts - A major challenge for water
suppliers is how to balance the risks from microbial pathogens and
disinfection byproducts.
Arsenic
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires EPA to revise the existing
50 parts per billion (ppb) standard for arsenic in drinking water.
EPA is implementing a 10 ppb standard for arsenic.
Ground
Water Rule
EPA is proposing a rule which specifies the appropriate use of disinfection
in ground water and addresses other components of ground water systems
to assure public health protection.
MTBE
MTBE (methyl-t-butyl ether) is a member of a group of chemicals
commonly known as fuel oxygenates. MTBE replaces the use of lead
as an octane enhancer since 1979.
Radionuclides
EPA has updated its standards for radionuclides in drinking water.
Radon
Radon is a naturally-occurring radioactive gas that may cause cancer,
and may be found in drinking water and indoor air.
Unregulated
Contaminant Monitoring Rule
EPA uses data generated by the UCMR to evaluate and prioritize contaminants
on the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List, a list of contaminants
EPA is considering for possible new drinking water standards.
Lead
and Copper
EPA estimates that approximately 20 percent of human exposure to
lead is attributable to lead in drinking water.
US Geological Survey
Contaminants
and Drinking-Water Sources in 2001: Recent Findings of the U.S.
Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 00-510
By Glenn G. Patterson and Michael J. Focazio
USGS
Drinking Water Programs Listed by State
USGS
National Programs on Drinking Water
USGS
Drinking Water Programs Listed by Topic
Nongovernment Organizations
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
State
FOIA Laws: A Guide To Protecting Sensitive Water Security Information
Council on Foreign Relations
America
Still Unprepared—America Still in Danger Report of an
Independent Task Force Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations
Gary Hart and Warren B. Rudman, Co-Chairs Stephen E. Flynn, Project
Director
ILSI Risk Science Institute
Early
Warning Monitoring to Detect Hazardous Events in Water Supplies
(1999)
National Academies' National Research Council
Arsenic
in Drinking Water: 2001 Update Subcommittee to Update the 1999
Arsenic in Drinking Water Report, Committee on Toxicology, Board
on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council
244 pages, 6 x 9, 2001.
Classifying
Drinking Water Contaminants for Regulatory Consideration
Committee on Drinking Water Contaminants, Water Science and Technology
Board, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research
Council 255 pages, 6 x 9, 2001.
Natural Resources Defense Council
What's
on Tap? Grading Drinking Water in U.S. Cities (October 2002)
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