Rural Water Utilities Seek To Keep Lead Reporting Provision From WRDA

Rural water utilities are pressing lawmakers to keep a drinking water lead reporting provision out of the final version of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), pointing to a recent EPA Inspector General (IG) report to argue the agency already has the necessary authority to intervene quickly when elevated lead levels are found in drinking water. Neither the House nor Senate included the reporting language in their respective versions of WRDA, but the House earlier this year overwhelmingly approved a...