Category: Federal/State Legislative News

Check Out New and Updated Water Security Division Resources from 2020 New EPA Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Water Sector Webpage WSD recently published the EPA Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Water Sector webpage. The new page contains cyber resilience resources available from EPA including the Water Sector Cybersecurity Brief for States, Cybersecurity Incident Action Checklist, Water Sector Cybersecurity…

SRBC Adopts General Permit GP-01 – Groundwater Remediation Projects At its December 11th Commission Meeting, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission adopted its first General Permit that would approve the withdrawal of groundwater for groundwater remediation projects and the consumptive use of that same water. A General Permit is a permit issued by the Commission in…

Building Water Flushing Guidance Recently AWWA published a document: https://www.awwa.org/Portals/0/AWWA/Government/20201001FrameworkforBuildingManagersFINALDistCopy.pdf For building facilities personnel and contractors I believe my document is the most useful. https://legionellae.org/wp-content/uploads/Chapter-3-Developing-a-Building-Potable-Water-System-Flushing-Program-5-18.pdf Tim Keane Consultant Legionella Risk Management, Inc. Effective Engineering Solutions to Engineering System Pathogens www.legionellae.org E-Mail: [email protected]   CDC Building Water Flushing Guidance Given that you as a water supplier…

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is publishing a paper estimating the annual impact of waterborne diseases in the United States. Water utilities should be prepared for the possibility of media inquiries resulting from the study, particularly related to Legionella and other biofilm-associated pathogens. The paper, “Estimate of Burden and Direct Healthcare Cost of…

  Subject Line: NSF-WHIRL survey – PA-AWWA leading the way!   Email to PA-AWWA members: A research program, Water, Health Infrastructure Resilience and Learning (WHIRL) funded by the National Science Foundation is exploring interdependencies between water and health systems.  The project is led by Wayne State University in collaboration with other academic institutions, the Water Research…

Don’t Get Left Out in the Cold: Enhance Winter Weather Resilience with Mitigation By: Gabrielle Minton, Physical Scientist, U.S. EPA   The services provided by drinking water and wastewater utilities are vital to the health and resilience of a community. However, extreme winter weather, including floods, blizzards, and ice storms, can present challenges to maintaining…

Last Call: Apply for Project Accelerator to Jumpstart Your Water Program Promotional Information for Outreach Partners_Project Accelerator Fall 2020 WaterNow is currently accepting applications for our fall round of Project Accelerator, and we would greatly appreciate it if you would be willing to spread the word! We want to ensure that local water leaders in…

Attention PA Water Utilities:  Assistance has been requested with a national economic benefit cost assessment that state geological surveys and the U.S. Geological Survey are conducting for geological mapping Dick Berg of the Illinois State Geological Survey, contacted PA-AWWA regarding assistance on a national economic benefit cost assessment that state geological surveys and the U.S.…

Senate of Pennsylvania Session of 2021 – 2022 Regular Session MEMORANDUM Posted: December 2, 2020 04:02 PM From: Senator Wayne D. Fontana To: All Senate members Subject: Legionnaires’ Disease Prevention     As society starts to return to the workplace, one aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic many are not talking about is the increase risk of…