Posts by Alan Roberson

ASDWA Asks for Timely Actions by EPA and CDC on PFAS

ASDWA Asks for Timely Actions by EPA and CDC on PFAS

On Friday, January 12th, ASDWA sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and CDC Director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald that...

EPA Releases Potable Reuse Compendium

EPA Releases Potable Reuse Compendium

Today (1/11), EPA released its 2017 Potable Reuse Compendium. This compendium supplements EPA’s 2012 Guidelines for Water Reuse by informing readers...

Recent Radium Report May Raise Unneeded Health Concerns

Recent Radium Report May Raise Unneeded Health Concerns

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a report today with the headline that 170 million Americans drink radioactive water based on...

Salt Concentrations in Rivers and Streams Found to be Increasing

Salt Concentrations in Rivers and Streams Found to be Increasing

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found increasing salt concentrations in most U.S...

EPA Begins Two Important Drinking Water Actions Next Week

EPA Begins Two Important Drinking Water Actions Next Week

EPA is diving into 2018 by starting two important drinking water actions next week. First, on Monday, January 8th, EPA...

Infrastructure Plan Might be Released in January

Infrastructure Plan Might be Released in January

Some recent news articles have speculated that the Administration’s infrastructure plan might be released in mid-January. The basics of the...

EPA Launches Water System Partnerships Website

EPA Launches Water System Partnerships Website

The Environmental Protection Agency recently launched a new interactive partnerships website to promote awareness and provide some detailed partnership case...

AWWA Releases Video on Downstream Impacts from Farms & Potential Farm Bill Funding for Conservation

AWWA Releases Video on Downstream Impacts from Farms & Potential Farm Bill Funding for Conservation

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) recently released a whiteboard video on the downstream water quality impacts from facts that...

Congress Delays Difficult Funding Decisions for Another Three Weeks

Congress Delays Difficult Funding Decisions for Another Three Weeks

On Thursday, December 21st, the Senate passed another continuing resolution (CR) for three weeks (until Jan. 19th), averting a shutdown...

EPA Seeking Additional Input for Potential Revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule

EPA Seeking Additional Input for Potential Revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule

On December 14th, EPA released an Agency letter providing some details on the start of a new process to provide...

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