EPA debuts 'forever chemicals' database - E&E News Displayed is an Environmental Protection Agency report ahead of a news conference in Philadelphia, Thursday. An EPA report is displayed ahead of a ... more

EPA Releases New PFAS Analytic Tools WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a new interactive webpage, called the “PFAS Analytic Tools,” which ... more

AMWA Welcomes First-Ever Appropriation For Water System Resilience Program Today the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) cheered the release of Congress’ FY23 omnibus appropriations legislation, which includes a first-ever appropriation for a new EPA grant program intended to help drinking water systems prepare to withstand the effects of natural disasters and cyber threats. more

EPA's Federal Waters Update Seen Vulnerable at Top Court (1) - Bloomberg Law A test for federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction over waterways and wetlands that is central to an EPA rule announced last week will make the rule especially vulnerable to an upcoming US Supreme Court ruling, water lawyers say. more

PFAS Bans, Restrictions Go Into Effect in States in 2023 (1) - Bloomberg Law  Laws and regulations restricting “forever chemicals” in more than a half dozen states are entering effect in 2023, including the start of a timeline for a first-in-the-nation ban on PFAS in all products in Maine. more

EPA on Track to Strengthen PFAS Reporting Requirements - Bloomberg Law  The EPA is working to change rules that allow industrial facilities, military bases, airports, and petroleum refineries to avoid reporting certain amounts of harmful PFAS pollution, a federal judge said, staying litigation brought by environmental groups. more

The Latest Asset Management Software Helps Seattle Public Utilities Plan Ahead Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is a public utility agency for Seattle, Washington, which provides water, sewer, and drainage services for 1.3 million people in King County. more

Understanding New PFAS Rules For Water Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are found in many consumer products, as well as in soils and drinking water. These so-called “forever chemicals” earned their nickname thanks to their negligible degradation in the environment. more

Congressional Spending Bill Allocates Billions To Water Projects The latest major spending bill passed by U.S. Congress has demonstrated the growing importance of clean, abundant drinking water for the country, as well as the mounting costs of maintaining it. more

Federal PFAS Drinking Water Standards: 2023 Is the Year On Friday, October 7, 2022, the EPA formally sent its proposed federal PFAS drinking water standards to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for consideration and approval or rejection. more

BRING DOWN YOUR BIOLOGICAL AGE BY DRINKING MORE WATER: U.S. RESEARCH Just how much water should we be drinking every day? New U.S. research is bolstering the theory that nearly all of us should be hydrating more. more

WOTUS Update, “EPA Revises Clean-Water Protections” - AgFax Washington Post writer Scott Dance reported in Saturday’s paper that, “The Biden administration on Friday imposed a rule expanding the definition of waterways that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has authority to regulate, a move that reverses a Trump-era change and seeks to overcome nearly a decade of challenges to EPA powers, including a pending Supreme Court case. more

Despite 3M's phase-out, the global problem of cleaning up PFAS remains 3M announced in December that it’s phasing out a family of harmful chemicals, but they’re not going away. The “forever chemicals,” known collectively as per- and polyfluorinated substances or PFAS, are used in everything from carpeting to nonstick pans to dental floss. The chains of carbon-fluorine bonds are excellent at repelling stains, grease and water, and even snuffing out dangerous fuel fires. But they also don’t break down in the environment, and they linger in people’s bodies for years. more

Proposed PFAS Regulation Still Under Review at OMB EPA’s proposed drinking water regulation for PFOA and PFOS is still under Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 Review at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of Friday morning, 12/30/22. The Agency had hoped to propose this regulation by the end of 2022, according to the item on this regulation in the Spring 2022 Unified Regulatory Agenda. At this time, it’s unclear what specific issues on feasilibility or costs or benefits have arisen during OMB’s review. more

Winter Storm Knocks Out Drinking Water Systems in the South, Including in Jackson Jackson, Mississippi made headlines and incurred a civil rights investigation earlier this year when flooding knocked out the city’s drinking water supply. This week’s winter storm had the same effect on Jackson as well as other Southern cities. more

Florida city has water quality safe following concerns - WPBF Again, city leaders say the drinking water is safe and a home water filtration system isn't necessary at this time. more

Senate enviro approps priorities laid out, include Land Acquisition Trust Fund | Florida Politics Five members of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government had excused absences from the committee’s first meeting of the legislative term, but business went on as the committee settled in and looked at what’s ahead. more

New House water quality subcommittee provides ‘unique opportunity’ | Florida Politics The Representatives assembled are in a position to do something unique in the new House Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee, according to Chairwoman Cyndi Stevenson. The subcommittee is one of three under the new Infrastructure Strategies Committee, a project of Speaker Paul Renner. more

Soto-sponsored bill included in federal spending package calls for study of Kissimmee River | The Ledger The omnibus spending bill passed by Congress late last month included the Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Act, introduced by Rep. Darren Soto, D-Kissimmee. more

What's the future of Tampa's drinking water? - Bay News 9  A battle continues over the future of Tampa’s drinking water. The mayor is proposing a move to use treated wastewater, something a lot of big cities do. But there's push back by the City Council and from people worried what they might be drinking. more

Newberry in talks with Archer and High Springs about new $40M regional wastewater treatment facility | WUFT The new facility is part of an effort by Newberry to overhaul its wastewater infrastructure to accommodate new development and meet new environmental regulations the state legislature passed several years ago; those will take effect when the city’s current wastewater permit expires in mid-2026. more

Hydration can significantly impact your physical health, study finds - WSVN You may know that being adequately hydrated is important for day-to-day bodily functions such as regulating temperature and maintaining skin health. But drinking enough water is also associated with a significantly lower risk of developing chronic diseases, a lower risk of dying early or lower risk of being biologically older than your chronological age, according to a National Institutes of Health study published Monday in the journal eBioMedicine. more