EPA Plans Recreational Water Criteria For Viruses, Updated Test Methods

EPA intends to update its 2012 recommended recreational water quality criteria (RWQC) to address viruses in addition to its current focus on bacteria and to include use of certain “new methods” for identifying fecal matter contamination. The agency’s May 25 report on its second five-year review of the 2012 RWQC finds that scientific advances since the last analysis are sufficient to warrant revisions to the current policy. “EPA has completed a detailed review of the latest scientific knowledge and has...