EPA Seeks Local Officials' Advice For Strengthening Drinking Water Efforts

EPA is charging its local government advisors with developing recommendations on a range of issues the agency may seek to include in its upcoming National Action Plan for Drinking Water, including ways to strengthen implementation of current lead and copper standards and improved approaches to addressing emerging and unregulated contaminants. At July 28 meeting of the agency's Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC), EPA charged the panel's waters workgroup with making recommendations for its National Action Plan for Drinking Water. The...