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August 30, 2002
Should I be concerned about lead in drinking water
in schools and day cares centers? Find this and more in our redesigned
Lead and Drinking Water page.
August 28, 2002
Hydraulic Fracturing of Coalbed
Methane Wells New Study Completed: EPA has completed
a study of potential impacts to USDWs from hyrdraulic fracturing
in coalbed methane wells.
August 21, 2002
Access Unregulated Contaminant
Monitoring Rule (UCMR) Information.
EPA uses data generated by the UCMR to evaluate and prioritize
contaminants on the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List.
Access UCMR data by downloading MS Excel PivotTables®.
National Source Water Protection Conference
Announcement of National Source Water Protection Conference, June
2-4, 2003, Washington, D.C.:
"Moving Forward From Assessment to Protection" Conference
is intended to promote effective protection of sources of drinking
water and is open to all federal, tribal, state, and local officials
and organizations, and private sector and non-governmental organizations
interested in promoting source water protection. For additional
information contact Beth Hall (hall.beth@epa.gov).
View The Flyer.
August 20, 2002
July 26, 2002
Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey
The purpose of this information collection is
to identify the infrastructure needs of community public water-systems
for the 20-year period from January 2003 through December 2022.
EPA is soliciting for this information in this announcement.
Comments must be received or post-marked on or before September
16, 2002. For more information contact David Travers by phone
(202) 564-4638 and/or email travers.david@epa.gov.
June 21, 2002
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
program has added fact sheets on use of the program to comply
with the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule and the Long Term 1 Enhanced
Surface Water Treatment Rule.
June 4, 2002
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
program has added fact sheets on use of the program to comply
with the Radionuclides and State 1 Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproduct
Rules.
June 3, 2002
Premliminary Regulatory Determinations
Notice and Request for Public Comment
May 22, 2002
Version 2.0 of the CCRWriter software
is now available for download.
May 21, 2002
Six-Year Review Stakeholder Meeting
FR Notice of Stake Holder
Meeting PDF Version (40 KB)
FR Notice of Stake
Holder Meeting HTML Version (7 KB)
May 2002 Updated Factoids PDF
file (855 KB). Summary tables including inventory data on water
systems, violations reported by violation type and by contaminant/rule,
and official Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) data.
May 16, 2002
Draft Implementation Guidance for
the Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (submit
all comments by July 1, 2002 to ogwdw.mdbp@epa.gov)
May 8, 2002
On April 29, EPA and the Rural Utilties Service (RUS) of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture signed a memorandum
of agreement to better serve the American people through coordinated
technical and financial assistance programs. The agencies seek to
jointly offer the maximum possible support to small water systems
in complying with the new public health standard for arsenic in
drinking water.
May 2, 2002
What Can You Do to Protect
Your Drinking Water?
Case
Studies of Local Source Water Protection Programs: 22 Studies available,
9 added 5/02.
April 29, 2002
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
program has added a fact sheet on use of the program to comply
with the Arsenic Rule.
April 17, 2002
Announcement of the Results of EPA's Review
of Existing Drinking Water Standards and Request for Public Comment
April 16, 2002
Area-wide Source Water Protection
Plan/New Hampshire
April 4, 2002
We've just released updated summary inventory and violations statistics
for FY2001. The statistics include chemical monitoring violations
which were extracted from the SDWIS/FED database in April. The statistics
are available in a hard copy report as well as in Microsoft Excel
PivotTables. You can obtain them at www.epa.gov/safewater/data/getdata.html.
April 3, 2002
Lead and Copper Monitoring
and Reporting Guidance for Public Water Systems, (EPA
816-R-02-009 February 2002) (PDF File)
April 1, 2002
Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface
Water Treatment Rule: A Quick Reference Guidance (EPA 816-F-02-001,
2 pages, 298KB PDF)
March 29, 2002
Security Grants Available to Large
Public Water Systems
March 28, 2002
Monitoring for Aeromonas as an Unregulated Cotaminant
Monitoring Rule List 2 Contaminant: Voluntary
Performance Testing Program for Laboratory Approval.
March 14, 2002
Public
Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Arkansas
March 8, 2002
EPA is requesting comment from interested parties on the proposed
UCMR
Aeromonas and NPDWR Methods Rule
Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation for Public Water
Systems; Establishment of Reporting Date: Proposed
Rule and Direct
Final Rule
March 7, 2002
EPA is soliciting public comment on the proposed Laboratory
Quality Assurance Evaluation Program for Analysis of Cryptosporidium
under the Safe Drinking Water Act (Lab QA Program).
March 6, 2002
Draft
Implementation Guidance for the Arsenic Rule and Clarifications
to Compliance and New Source Contaminants Monitoring
March 4, 2002
Booklet issued on "Drinking
Water from Household Wells"
National
Drinking Water Symposium to be held
March 1, 2002
UCMR
Update No. 3 - News articles covering SDWARS/UCMR, revised guidance
documents, s mall system sampling success and large system list
2 chemical monitoring.
February 19, 2002
EPA has scheduled training on the Arsenic
Rule
February 15, 2002
A training manual for communities in
Nicaragua
February 6, 2002
We've just released summary inventory
and violations statistics for FY2001. The statistics are available
in a hard copy report as well as in Microsoft Excel PivotTables.
January 24, 2002
The Small Entity
Compliance Guide for the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection
Byproducts Rule is now avalible.
January 18, 2002
EPA has released for public
review and comment its revised draft toxicity assessment on perchlorate.
January 11, 2002
UCMR (1999)
List 1 and List 2 Chemical Analytical Methods and Quality Control
Manual, EPA 815-R-01-028, provides guidance regarding sampling,
analytical methods and quality control under the Unregulated Contaminant
Monitoring Rule. It replaces the previously issued UCMR Analytical
Methods and Quality Control Manual (815-R-99-004 and 815-R-00-006)
and Supplement A (815-R-00-002).
January 10, 2002
Final Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface
Water Treatment Rule Signed
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