EPA Eyes Sampling, Laboratory Flexibilities For SDWA Monitoring Rule

July 16, 2019
EPA is considering a number of changes to the next version of its rule governing how drinking water utilities must monitor for contaminants that may need regulations, seeking to reduce costs for utilities, speed the public availability of monitoring results and increase the number of approved laboratories to analyze the samples. The possible changes to the fifth iteration of the unregulated contaminant monitoring rule (UCMR5), outlined during a July 16 public meeting, respond in part to a congressional mandate to...


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