Power Sector Urges EPA To Retain Trump Finding On ELG Treatment Method

Power companies are urging EPA to maintain a Trump-era conclusion that Clean Water Act (CWA) effluent limits should not be based on membrane treatment technology, saying very little research has been done since the agency issued its 2020 effluent limitation guidelines (ELGs) for the sector to support a change. The Utility Water Act Group (UWAG), an ad hoc coalition of electric power companies and national trade associations, “continues to have serious concerns about the availability and economic achievability of...