EPA Wrestling With Drinking Water Protection Following Lake Erie Crisis

January 2, 2015
EPA is continuing to wrestle with how best to protect drinking water sources from the harmful effects of excess nutrient pollution following a drinking water emergency in Toledo, OH, that has led regulators to re-examine existing regulatory mechanisms for addressing contaminants like cyanotoxins and other sources. “It's hard to say that anything will be different” in 2015, one drinking water industry source says. “Frankly there's nothing imminent. But hopefully this incident has, if anything, started to demonstrate the need or...


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