AWWA JAW61890

This bimonthly roundup features highlights of the hottest news stories of recent months as reported in WATERWEEK, AWWA's weekly newsletter to member utilities. Topics covered in this column include: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) plans Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) revisions; house panel hears LCR testimony; groundwater rule further delayed; USEPA adopts final revised cancer risk guidelines; DuPont agrees to fund perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) treatment, health study; Portland presses on for LT2ESWTR alternative; AWWA resumes campaign against MTBE safe harbor; white house budget cuts trim water infrastructure funding; and, USEPA takes several water security actions.