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Safedrinkingwater.com NEWS Alert No. 1 --  January 17, 2001

NEWS ALERT SERVICE

This is a News Alert from Safedrinkingwater.com NEWS. When important news breaks and our publishing cycle does not allow us to include it in regular newsletter issues, we will issue a News Alert to our subscribers so that they have up-to-date information on topics of vital importance to the drinking water community.  

Arsenic

• The wait for a new arsenic rule is over.  USEPA has just announced that the new MCL will be 10 ppb. This figure has been criticized as too strict by some in the drinking water industry and by some political figures, who fear that compliance costs will be prohibitive and place a tremendous burden on utilities.  AWWA has been among those criticizing the new standard, for example.  Click here for President Clinton's remarks concerning the new rule.
  Commentary:  One of the little known aspects of the final arsenic regulation is a requirement that health-effects language be included in the Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) which is due July 1, 2002 if a utility's arsenic concentration is greater than one-half of the MCL (5 ppb).  A critical observer might question if this is a "stealth" Action Level for arsenic at 5 ppb that goes into effect immediately?! 

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