1) EPA Conducts Outreach on Drinking Water Strategy The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will gather feedback on the new drinking water strategy in-person and online. It will present an overview of the Agency’s new Drinking Water Strategy at listening sessions on August 19, 2010 to obtain feedback from the public and stakeholders on possible approaches to implementing the strategy.
The California and Nevada section of American Water Works Association, in coordination with EPA Region 9, will sponsor the listening session from 10 am to noon PST in Cucamonga, CA.
These meetings will conclude a series of four listening sessions on the specific proposal of addressing contaminants as group(s). EPA will consider feedback, ideas, and perspectives from the public and stakeholders presented at the listening sessions as we develop the agenda for the upcoming Drinking Water Strategy stakeholder meeting and the framework for addressing contaminants as group(s).
This week, EPA also launches an online discussion forum about the strategy. Each segment of the strategy will be posted for comment and discussion. The forum will be open for about a month. You can participate by going to http://blog.epa.gov/dwstrat.
Information on the exact locations of the listening sessions can be found at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/sdwa/dwlistening.html.
For more information on the Drinking Water Strategy, visit www.epa.gov/safewater/sdwa/dwstrategy.html.
2) EPA Seeks Public Comment on Draft of Proposed Revised Total Coliform Rule Assessments and Corrective Actions Guidance Manual EPA has released a draft of the Proposed Revised Total Coliform Rule Assessments and Corrective Actions Guidance Manual for public review and comment. The draft guidance manual provides public water systems and primacy agencies with guidance on complying with and implementing the assessment and corrective action requirements of the proposed Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR).
Under the proposed RTCR, public water systems that are vulnerable to microbial contamination in the distribution system (as indicated by their monitoring results for total coliforms and E. coli) are required to assess the problem and take corrective action. The proposed corrective action requirement may reduce cases of illnesses and deaths due to potential fecal contamination and waterborne pathogen exposure.
The draft guidance manual provides information on the common causes of total coliform and E. coli occurrence in the distribution system, how to conduct assessments to identify possible causes of contamination (“sanitary defects”), and corresponding corrective actions that systems can take to correct the problem.
The draft guidance manual is currently available online at http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/tcr/regulation.cfm. Please submit your comments and suggestions to prtcr_acaguide@epa.gov by November 30, 2010.
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