Posts by Deirdre White

EWG Releases New PFAS Drinking Water Sampling Results Showing More Prevalent Contamination in U.S. Cities

EWG Releases New PFAS Drinking Water Sampling Results Showing More Prevalent Contamination in U.S. Cities

On January 22, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released new PFAS drinking water sampling results from dozens of cities across...

AWWA Publishes Report on Bromide Impacts to Drinking Water from Coal-Fired Power Plants

AWWA Publishes Report on Bromide Impacts to Drinking Water from Coal-Fired Power Plants

AWWA has published a report entitled, “Methods to Assess Anthropogenic Bromide Loads from Coal-fired Power Plants and Their Potential Effect...

Senate EPW Hearing on Nonpoint Source Pollution

Senate EPW Hearing on Nonpoint Source Pollution

On January 8, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing entitled, “The Nonpoint Source Management Program Under the...

Drinking Water System Partnerships Case Study Map Tool Available on EPA’s Website

Drinking Water System Partnerships Case Study Map Tool Available on EPA’s Website

EPA developed an interactive website for water system partnerships that includes the Drinking Water System Partnerships Case Study Map Tool...

EPA Issues PFAS Groundwater Guidance for Federal Cleanup Programs

EPA Issues PFAS Groundwater Guidance for Federal Cleanup Programs

On December 19, 2019, EPA issued its “Interim Recommendations for Addressing Groundwater Contaminated with PFOA and PFOS,” which provides cleanup...

EPA Announces New Method 533 for PFAS in Drinking Water

EPA Announces New Method 533 for PFAS in Drinking Water

On December 18th, EPA announced the new validated Method 533 for testing additional short chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...

Massachusetts Publishes Proposed PFAS Drinking Water Standards

Massachusetts Publishes Proposed PFAS Drinking Water Standards

On December 13th, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) filed proposed regulatory changes to develop a drinking water standard...

New Hampshire Judge Issues Injunction on PFAS Drinking Water Regulations

New Hampshire Judge Issues Injunction on PFAS Drinking Water Regulations

On November 26, 2019, a New Hampshire judge issued a preliminary injunction to halt the implementation of the state’s new...

EPA PFAS Actions: Regulatory Determinations Coming and Comments Needed on Toxics Release Inventory

EPA PFAS Actions: Regulatory Determinations Coming and Comments Needed on Toxics Release Inventory

On December 4, EPA issued a press release about making regulatory determinations for PFAS, as well as a Federal Register...

River Network Drinking Water Guide Provides a Resource for Advocates

River Network Drinking Water Guide Provides a Resource for Advocates

River Network published a “Drinking Water Guide: A Resource for Advocates,” earlier this year with support from the Charles Stewart...

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