As EPA Weighs Options, Utilities Seek To Extend SDWA Rules’ Deadlines

As EPA weighs options for easing compliance with Biden-era drinking water rules, utilities are pressing the agency to propose new rules that slow the compliance timeline for the lead and copper and PFAS rules while the agency rethinks the rules and decides on next steps given their high costs that utilities say would have to be passed on to households. In an April 23 letter , the American Water Works Association (AWWA), which represents thousands of water utilities nationwide, urges...