US EPA Highlights Actions During National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joins its federal agency partners in highlighting National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, October 25-29, 2021. EPA, along with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), are working […]
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New Research Shows Most Americans are Unaware of Their Daily Water Consumption MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Oct. 21, 2021) – According to new research conducted by global research agency Opinium on behalf of American Water, Americans underestimate the amount of water they use daily by 90%. Most believe they use less than 100 gallons of water each day, when […]
READ MORE »PA-AWWA Members: October 21, 2021 is Imagine a Day Without Water! Today, we Imagine a Day Without Water. It’s a day to learn where your water comes from and where it goes. Turn on the tap, and clean water flows out. Flush the toilet, and dirty water goes away. When […]
READ MORE »PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021-2024 https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-strategic-roadmap-epas-commitments-action-2021-2024#ow On October 18, 2021, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the agency’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap—laying out a whole-of-agency approach to addressing PFAS. The roadmap sets timelines by which EPA plans to take specific actions and commits to bolder new policies to safeguard public health, protect the […]
READ MORE »National Strategy to Confront PFAS Announced The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a Strategic Roadmap to “confront PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination nationwide” as a result of work conducted by the EPA Council on PFAS. According to the announcement, the Roadmap describes EPA plans as including: Finalizing the Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring […]
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