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What Utilities Should Know About School Lead Data (opens the original)
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Utilities are about to spend a lot more time thinking about schools. Under the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), community water systems will need to identify covered schools and childcare facilities, conduct outreach, and carry out required sampling. Existing state data can provide a useful head start, but utilities should know what they are looking at before relying on it. TapWaterData has done much of the initial legwork in a state-by-state school lead-testing scorecard covering all 5
The Cost Of Waiting: Utilities Face A Narrowing PFAS Compliance Window (opens the original)
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For years, the water industry's PFAS conversation centered on monitoring, testing, and regulatory anticipation. Today, that phase is largely over. Utilities now know where they stand, and many have discovered they have difficult decisions to make. According to Amanda Canida, Senior Drinking Water Process Engineer and PFAS and Ozone Technology Leader at Black & Veatch, the industry's challenge has shifted from understanding the problem to implementing solutions under tight timelines and mounting
D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA's Hazardous Substance Designation For PFOA, PFOS (opens the original)
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For an industry still absorbing the compliance costs of PFAS regulation, this month's court ruling offered little in the way of surprise and no immediate change in regulatory obligations. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has rejected industry challenges to the EPA's designation of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA, leaving the agency's April 2024 rule fully intact. While the case centered on the EPA's authority to make the designation, its practical significance fo
What State Hard Water Rankings Reveal About Utility Operations (opens the original)
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Americans love rankings. Whether it's the best-tasting water, the cleanest beaches, or the most affordable places to live, we naturally want to know where we stand. A newly released national water hardness database from TapWaterData does exactly that, ranking states and cities based on utility-reported hardness measurements. But while the "hardest" and "softest" water rankings are likely to attract attention, utilities may find the more important story lies beneath the numbers. Water hardness is
Minnesota Water System Attacks Prompt NAWC Call For Stronger Cybersecurity Standards (opens the original)
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Recent cyberattacks targeting more than 30 Minnesota community water systems [and more, across at least 12 states, as of this update] have renewed scrutiny of cybersecurity preparedness across the water sector and intensified calls for stronger federal oversight and standards. In response to the incidents, the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) — joined also by the American Water Works Association — is urging Congress to advance legislation aimed at improving cybersecurity resilience
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