Category: AWWA / National News

PA-AWWA Supports Source Water Protection Week on September 25- October 1, 2022                 SOURCE WATER PROTECTION WEEK TOOLS   The best way to assure we have high quality drinking water at the tap is to protect our beautiful water sources. If we keep our rivers, lakes and underground…

Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Meeting Scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 7 HARRISBURG – The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will convene on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 9:30 a.m. to consider sending a letter of disapproval to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission regarding a pending regulation on manganese levels in streams. “This onerous rule goes above and beyond…

Pennsylvania American Water Urges Customers Under Drought Watch to Use Water Wisely  MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Sept. 2, 2022) – Going into the Labor Day weekend, Pennsylvania American Water is urging its customers in 21 counties to voluntarily reduce their water consumption in support of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) drought watch declaration. While the company encourages…

US EPA Power Resilience Webinar Series (as always these are FREE) EPA is hosting three webinars this fall to help drinking water and wastewater utilities increase their resilience to power outages and prepare for a variety of threats. Register here.   Preparing Your Water Utility for Hurricane Season and Power Outages, September 7, 1:00 – 2:00 PM…

PA DEP Declares Drought Watch for 36 Counties, Asks for Voluntary Water Conservation Harrisburg, PA –The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced the Commonwealth Drought Task Force has declared a drought watch for 36 counties and asks for voluntary water conservation in those counties. “A few counties have experienced very dry conditions over the…

EPA Proposes Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances Under Superfund to Protect People’s Health Designating PFOA and PFOS under CERCLA would improve transparency, accountability, and deliver on Administrator Regan’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap  *From US EPA Website August 26, 2022 Contact Information EPA Press Office ([email protected]) WASHINGTON (August 26, 2022) –  Followingthrough on the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment…

DEP Invites Public Comment on Draft 2022 State Water Plan, Identifying Priorities for Management and Protection Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today released the draft 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan identifying regional and statewide water resources priorities and recommending statewide and legislative actions to address those priorities. Pennsylvanians are invited to review the…

EPA releases Lead Service Line Inventory Guidance and webinar has been posted   The page that is linked below has a recording of the August 10th webinar in case you missed it.   The long-awaited EPA lead service line inventory guidance was released today August 4th as described below.  Please note that the announcement will…